For the last month, I’ve sometimes been a bit grumpy in the evening. It’s the same every year. The longest day comes … and then goes. And inexorably, the days get shorter and I’m reminded that winter’s on its way. I enjoy the season: the gaunt skeletal outlines of trees, the chill in the air. But I really don’t like the short days and the endlessly long nights that come with winter.
So when this week’s #Tanka Tuesday issued the challenge to write a syllabic poem entitled The Longest Day, I knew exactly what to write about, and chose to use the nonet form: a nine-line poem, that goes from 9 syllables in the first line, down to one in the last line.
The Longest Day
The longest day is one month past and
each day is shorter than the last,
as now the nights grow longer
and winter edges in.
It’s dismal knowing
summer’s going.
Sunny days
almost …
gone.

For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday, and
Colleen’s Word Craft Poetry.
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