There was a time we did not believe.
When mist was merely moisture,
And the distant rumble in the night,
Was but thunder from afar.
There was a time all shadows were bound to objects.
Shaped by light,
Afraid of darkness.
That time is no more.
Now we have seen
Now we have felt
And now we are aware
But so are they!

Ice cold
Back and forth those,
eyes hastily juggle
Cries of flocking bats, cut through pained-
silence!
Nameless
They prowl lost caves
Tunneling beneath us
And the earth rumbles in disgust
Befouled
Murmurs
defiant, that
swarm from quarters unknown.
Beyond the grey mountains rustle
Up wind
The veil
Nature’s facade
Ripped from valley to peak
Evil catching the scent of good!
Thirsting
Beware
The changing winds
Things, more than meets the eye
Red alleyways of serpentine-
darkness
Ice cold
They prowl lost caves
Swarm from quarters unknown
Evil catching the scent of good!
Darkness

There was a time we did not believe.
When scratches beneath the bed were simply nightmares,
When sighs in the closet were just imagination,
When those we buried were gone forever.
That time is no more
The darkness is now sentient
And the light has sent its warriors
Too few
But the battle has began!

(Part 1 of 2) To be continued…
I hope you enjoy this latest collaboration;
Aishwarya did the bits in bold,
And I patched up with the rest.
To see more collaborations on my site, click HERE
And if you’d like to collaborate with me, email judekirya37@gmail.com
Please go on over and explore Aishwarya’s sight; Kittyverses
I’m craving your thoughts, let us know what you think.

Also for Colleen’s syllabic challenge – synonyms for past and present.
Stay safe everyone, Stay loving.
A garland cinquain is a combination of six cinquains, the last of which is comprised of a line from each of the five before.
Each cinquain has a syllable count of 2/4/6/8/2
Hope I explained that well.
P.S
Watch out for the January issue of THE SATURDAY SYMPHONY this weekend (now a monthly feature)
67 responses to “Spirit Invasion. A garland cinquain collaboration”
Such a beautiful collaboration Jude. Both you and Aishwarya did a fine job…..I’m still trying to figure out the layers beneath……lovely
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Thank you Ruelha, feel free to email for details, lol😅
Anyway, it’s just plausible fiction to enjoy. Not quite that layered🍁🙏🏾
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Fiction you say, eh? 😉😅🤩🎀🙃
Aah…..I hide under that too…😉😉😉
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Haha, it’s not like that, this one really is spooky fiction poetry.
Otherwise most of my work is indeed layered, and I ain’t hiding 😉😅❤️🤗🙏🏾🌷
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Okay….I believe you Jude…I’m just troubling ya😉😅😆
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Roger that ☺️
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Very well penned you guys….🎀🤩🎀
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Spooky..nicely done. Kudos to the both of you.
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Thank you so much Pallavi. I’m glad you like it.💜🍁
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Wow this gave me goosebumps..good job you two💕💕💕
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Thanks alot Michelle. Glad to have you reading.
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Thanks for the collab, Jude. 🙂
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Thank you too Kitty🤗
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Reblogged this on Kitty's Verses and commented:
A collaboration :- Garland Cinquain
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Beautiful collaboration Jude.
xoxo
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Thank you so much Gabriella ❤️🍁
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My pleasure 🌹🤗
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Fantastic piece, loved it!
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Thank you so much 🙏🏾
Glad you liked it
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Reblogged this on Love and Love Alone.
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Thank you so much 🙏🏾🍁
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Fantastic collaboration. That was a chilling read.
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Hi Mikayla. So glad you found it that way. Hopefully the final part 2 will be out in a few weeks and will give it an epic ending.💕🍁
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You know I’ll be looking out for it! 😁
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🤗💕🍁
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So well done! The mood is nailed tight to the reader’s chest.
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Thank you so much. Glad you appreciate it🙏🏾🍁
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Brilliantly done! A plot to give the chills and then some. Kudos to both of you
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Hey Dora ❤️
Thank you so much. Glad you liked it.
I’m thinking about writing something religious once or twice a month, for my faith. I hope you’ll find them and I’ll value your input.
I think I’ll write one next week.
💓🍁
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Oh that’s wonderful, Jude. I’m looking forward to it already. 😀❤️💜
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❤️🍁🙏🏾
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Wonderfully well done! So stunningly affecting. I will be checking my closet before I get into bed tonight…….
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Haha, thanks alot Tara, you better check.
But I think you’re safe.
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This is very dramatic and intriguing…I look forward to the next installment!
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Thank you so much Ingrid. I’ll do my best to make the final part worth it.
*We’ll do our best.
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I’m sure it will be 😊
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Love how you created the atmospherics! Aishwarya and Jude, masterfully crafted. ❤️💙
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Thank you so much Punam🙏🏾🍁💜
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You are welcome. 😊💙
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The dark atmosphere flows beautifully. (K)
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Thank you so much K
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Wow! Brilliant collaboration! This stanza is amazing!
“The veil
Nature’s facade
Ripped from valley to peak
Evil catching the scent of good!
Thirsting”
Bravo!
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Thank you so much Eugi. It means so much 🙏🏾🍁
Hope the final part will bring it home
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I look forward to the final part! 🤩
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A lovely collaboration indeed.
I think the worst monsters are a combination of those we can’t as well as those we can see. You remind me of a comic we have here where a little boy offers different solutions to keep his closet monster in his closet. But often the Father Monster questions if his little monster will ever be able to follow in his footsteps.
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Haha, sounds very interesting.
Thank you so much Jules 🍁🙏🏾
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It’s all perspective. I saw a comic in the paper today of Covid 19 virus images walking around with “The End is Near” signs. (Referring to the vaccines coming…
https://www.comicskingdom.com/rhymes-with-orange Look for Fri, Jan 29th 2021 comic. (My paper is black and white, but the computer image is in color!)
Stay safe. I’ve also read there are some ‘new’ variants/ strains…
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Ok I read this at night time with my room’s light off😶😶😶
Chills😈😈😈
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Oops, hope the warriors of light were a comfort. The final part 2 should be quite the ending 🤞🏾🍁☺️
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I really like this! As someone who reads and writes fiction, loves nature and plays video games. You got me on several levels with this! 🙂 I also love learning new words and “Cinquain” is a new one for me. I’ve never been much into poetry until now and sudden I can’t stop writing Haikus. Ha, ha,ha. Well, I could always come up with worse addictions in a pandemic!
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Haha, yeah there are definitely worse addictions.
Haiku really get me too, since I first discovered them, until I came across other syllabic poems like cinquains,Shadorma,etheree,tanka,…
I’m so glad you enjoyed this. Look out for the final part 2🍁🧡☺️
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Love it!😘
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Thank you so much Spatika ☺️🍁🧡
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You have so perfectly penned it. I must appreciate the way you have delinated your thoughts. Just great!!
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Thank you so much. I’ll check it out
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Thank you so very much! Yes please visit my blog. This will mean a lot to me.
Have a great day!
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Jude, this is absolutely stupendous! What a great idea! Have fun and I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with! ❤
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Thank you so much Colleen. This means so so much from you ❤️
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Awww, you guys are brilliant poets. You deserve the recognition! ❤️
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Reblogged this on Word Craft ~ Prose & Poetry and commented:
Jude shares a layer to our challenge: He asks for Cinquain Collaborators! How cool is that?
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thank you Colleen
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You’re most welcome. ❤️
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Beautiful collaboration Jude and well explained.
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Thank you so much Smitha🧡
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