Toward the heavens, his foe eclipsed the spotlight;
A shadowed spot on the mat; x marks the spot.
Time paused while the opponent hung in mid flight,
Gasps of horror, stomached turned into a knot.
A slam so strong solid mass becomes vapor,
Left flat on the canvas equal to paper.
Modest in victory, now bring on the fun;
He climbed up the cage like the rise of the sun.
Prompted from MMA Storytime’s Rispetto Poetry Prompt Challenge at: https://mmastorytime.com/2020/11/23/mma-storytimes-rispetto-poetry-prompt-challenge-30/.
Prompted from Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge at: https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2020/11/24/2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-204-themeprompt/.
Prompted from Fandango’s One Word Challenge at: https://fivedotoh.com/2020/11/24/fowc-with-fandango-vapor/.
Wow… that’s great. What syllabic form did you use? Remember to use one of the forms required by the challenge. Thanks. ❤
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Hi Colleen,
It’s a Rispetto. I guess I figured it was ok since I used the same format on a previous week. I think it was a “Poet’s Choice.” I’ll be sure to follow the given formats next time.
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Sounds good. Poet’s choice in the first Tuesday of each month. The other weeks we work on the usual syllabic forms listed in the challenge. I’ll repost the accepted forms again. ❤️
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Nice to see all the different kinds of poems in response. Nicely done.
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Thank you so much!
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You’re welcome. ❤
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