Melissa introduces a creative writing challenge inspired by Maggie Queeney. Participants observe from a window, write about their surroundings, and create a tanka poem using sensory imagery and personal reflections.| Tanka Tuesday
Submissions are now open for the 2025 Sunflower Tanka Anthology. Seeking original tanka and tanka prose, traditional or experimental. One submission per period. Contact Robbie and Colleen with any …| Tanka Tuesday
This week for Tanka Tuesday, Colleen Chesebro asked us to create a Taiga. A tanka is a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure, or s-l-s-l-l, which consists of 5 lines written in the first-person point of vie…| The Showers of Blessings
bees humfrom toadflaxto foxgloveslowly the garden she tendsgrows wild at the edges © Xenia Tran Laurels #4 We are deeply honoured and delighted that the above tanka was published in Laurels #4 in August 2025. Warm-hearted thanks to Jackie Chou for selecting my poem and to the team at Laurels for putting this beautiful edition … Continue reading "Tanka: Bees Hum"| Tranature
Tanka Tuesday focuses on writing tanka poetry, which follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure in the first-person perspective. The significance of using a pivot line enhances emotional depth and meaning in the poems.| Tanka Tuesday
This content discusses the nuances of writing tanka and tanka prose, emphasizing structure, techniques like the pivot, and the integration of prose with poetic elements to create meaningful narratives.| Tanka Tuesday
Hey, folks. The ninth installment of my tanka series titled “A Tanka Trio (9)” is now live at Gobblers by Masticadores. Each of these installments contains three tanka (be sure to click this link or the link below to read all of them). I grateful to editor Manuela Timofte for sharing this installment with her readers. Thank you kindly, Manuela. … Continue reading “A Tanka Trio (9)” published at Gobblers by Masticadores| Silent Pariah
summer fruits drizzlethrough sponge whipped with citrus zestdusted with sugar flavours linger on my tongueuntil the last berries fall💞Suzanne Written for this weeks Tanka Tuesday where our host Col…| Brazanne Muse
we look to enhancewhat nature has bestowed usI buy cosmeticscarefully I apply thembut never picture perfect💞Suzanne Written in response to Eugi’s Moonwashed Musings. A beautiful image (I have…| Brazanne Muse
Hello, friends! Welcome to this week’s edition of Tanka Tuesday. This is Melissa from Mom With a Blog, your multitasker host. For this week’s challenge, I’d like us to try our hand at a new-ish poe…| Tanka Tuesday
I’d like to announce the third installment of my tanka series titled “A Tanka Trio (3)” is now live at Gobblers by Masticadores. Each of these installments contains three tanka (be sure to click th…| Silent Pariah
This afternoon our temperature in mid-Michigan reached 48 F. It’s an amazing start to the week! This past weekend, my husband and I noticed the birds returned to our neighborhood. We saw Mour…| Colleen Writes & Publishes
insomnia bitessleep retreats then disappearslong into the nightI meet spirited voicesthey converse with me til’ dawn💞Suzanne| Brazanne Muse
This week Robbie Cheadle (the W3 PoW) has challenged us to write a poem on the theme of “an impactful childhood memory & how it affected you at the time” using “any combinatio…| A Different Perspective
Oh my, dragonfly Patiently awaiting prey Unaware insects Upon the flowers they feast ‘Til scooped up by the skimmer Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge| JJJ Interactive Books
Here’s everyone who wrote syllabic poetry with us last week: 1.Padre10.Jennifer Russo19.Selma2.Peter11.Suzette Benjamin20.Kerfe3.Reena Saxena12.Suzanne Brace21.M J mallon @ Kyrosmagica4.ben Alexand…| Tanka Tuesday
It's been great fun this month writing Inktober-inspired haiku, senryu and tanka poems. You can see my prompt list and the first week of poems here, the second week of poems here, and the third week here.| Unexpected Intersections
I'm continuing to have fun with my Spooktober project - writing poems for kids based on a series of Inktober illustrator prompts. You can see the prompt list and the first week of poems here, and the second batch of poems here. | Unexpected Intersections
I'm writing a poem for every day of October, playing with poems inspired by a list of Inktober prompts written in senryu, haiku, and tanka poetic forms. You can read the first week's worth of my Spooktober poems, and see my prompt list, in this post. | Unexpected Intersections
I've been immersed in poetry and verse in the past couple of weeks - first in a Novel in Verse virtual workshop led by the amazing Nikki Grimes and Padma Venkatraman, then in my own work as I dived in deep to apply all the insights and tips that I took away from that experience. | Unexpected Intersections
This week, a new Ekphrastic prompt is introduced, inspired by Japanese Season of Clear and Bright. The painting above was given as inspiration for the Northern Hemisphere – my kigo word: spri…| Brazanne Muse
Taken on my morning walk today – so many variations Small, tall, young and oldPale, dark, all Daffs sing in springStirred in tranquil dawnBright and open in the sunTime to shine then fall asl…| Brazanne Muse
when will it happen Garden of Eden restored I dream about it the animals and humans one day in symbiosis mother earth exploited only for n...| morgentau-dawndew.blogspot.com