Hi! Welcome back to #TankaTuesday. Let’s write syllabic poetry together! Just a quick update: I’m going to stop the additional 72 micro seasons challenge. It’s too much for many (including myself). The links are at the top of the menu for the 72 micro seasons. Feel free to write poetry on your blog using those […]
Robbie is our host this week at #TankaTuesday. She asked us to create imagist poetry. Read the post HERE. What I got out of the article Robbie shared is that short syllabic forms work best. I used the short form tanka (3-5-3-5-5) for this poem. I prefer the longer form tanka, yet, somehow this works! […]
I’m late trying to get this poem posted for Mel’s Turn of Phrase challenge over at dVerse. I created this poem with kigo word phrases from the Five Hundred Essential Japanese Season Words. How fun!! Dreaming of Spring Winter’s witheringon a clear cold dayblue sky bird callshallow springspring lighthazy cloudsshining windsdeparting geesespring rainfallthin ice river […]
Sunflower Tanka Anthology 