Good morning dear Tanka Tuesday friends. It’s me Willow here today to greet you and invite you to join in with some syllabic poetry. This week, choose your own theme to write your poem. As the seas…| Tanka Tuesday
Welcome to #TankaTuesday! Join in to write syllabic poetry about your favorite or hated fruits. Share recipes if desired, and ensure your poem abides by TankaTuesday’s guidelines. Enjoy and p…| Tanka Tuesday
7 posts published by robbiesinspiration, Colleen Chesebro, SelmaMartin, Melissa Lemay, and willowdot21 during July 2025| Tanka Tuesday
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6 posts published by yvettemcalleiro, Colleen Chesebro, and willowdot21 during August 2025| Tanka Tuesday
Yvette invites participants to write poems in various tanka forms for the Sunflower Tanka Journal, encouraging creative wordplay. She outlines submission guidelines and emphasizes community interaction before the Monday deadline.| Tanka Tuesday
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
Robbie and Colleen announce open submissions for the 2025 Sunflower Tanka Anthology, seeking original tanka and tanka prose. Writers may submit once, with details available through their submission process. Questions can be directed via email.| Tanka Tuesday
Robbie and Colleen are excited to sponsor the 2025 Sunflower Tanka Anthology, featuring cover art by Robbie. Submissions open from August 9 to September 9, 2025, with publication expected in December 2025.| 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
Join #TankaTuesday to create taiga poetry, a unique form of tanka paired with a black and white photo. Follow submission guidelines and use your own images. Collaborate and share your own poetic in…| Tanka Tuesday
Robbie challenges everyone to write a syllabic poem using an implied metaphor, explaining the importance of metaphors in literature. The challenge requires posting poems on personal blogs by a specified deadline.| Tanka Tuesday
As August approaches, a new poetic form called tiaga is introduced for Tanka Tuesday and Sunflower Tanka, combining tanka poetry with black and white photography, while emphasizing original image usage.| Tanka Tuesday
Selma invites participants to Tanka Tuesday, encouraging them to select a photo from Paul Szlosek’s website for inspiration in writing syllabic poetry. Credit Paul when using his images, and …| Tanka Tuesday
Hello, friends! Melissa, here, from Mom With a Blog, bringing you today’s syllabic poetry challenge. May you be inspired.✨ Today, I’ll revisit the art of Alma Thomas, a female painter who became Howard University’s first fine arts graduate, and who was the first black woman granted a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American […]| Tanka Tuesday
The post discusses synesthesia in poetry, a literary device that intertwines sensory experiences. It invites participation in Tanka Tuesday by encouraging poets to create syllabic poems featuring s…| Tanka Tuesday
Hi! Welcome back to #TankaTuesday. Let’s write syllabic poetry together! This week, it’s me, Willow, welcoming you all to Tanka Tuesday. I thought we could do a Nonet and use synonyms for : T…| Tanka Tuesday
Join #TankaTuesday to create a tanka Puente using a quote from “75 Best Moon Quotes”. Write poetic reflections, enhance meaning through quotes, and engage with fellow poets before the M…| Tanka Tuesday
“May is not a time for melancholy. It is a time for abundance and bursting forth. Let’s take joy in this month with our heartsfully open to the reliably warm weather, the beauty of the new green co…| Tanka Tuesday
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
Join #TankaTuesday for a syllabic poetry challenge inspired by zodiac colors! Find your sign’s color, craft a poem, and share. Engage with fellow poets, and remember to submit your work by Mo…| Tanka Tuesday
Hello everyone, it is Robbie with you today, and I’m sharing a new (I think) poetry writing idea for you. I would like you to write a senryu series, in one of the styles Colleen has outlined …| Tanka Tuesday
Hi! Welcome back to #TankaTuesday. It’s me Willow here, today. It is my turn to host this week’s prompt. Let’s write syllabic poetry together! This week, I would like us to think about what i…| Tanka Tuesday
Hi, syllabic poetry family. This is Selma, hosting for Tanka Tuesday. For this week’s challenge, I’d like us to write poetry that portrays movement. Poetry is a moving target; reality is alwa…| Tanka Tuesday
Count your syllables and the number of lines for the form you’re writing. Double-check your poem. Use a qualified syllable counter to check your syllable count. I use: There are a few places …| Tanka Tuesday
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
A 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry challenge for #TankaTuesday has begun, with the prompt to choose one of the 24 forms for your poem and incorporate specific kigo phrases. The aim is to reflect the tran…| Tanka Tuesday
These are the 24 poetry forms we will use for #TankaTuesday from (9/26/23 – 9/25/24) to accompany the 24 Japanese Seasons. The examples come from our poetry community, except for a few. IR…| Tanka Tuesday
