WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY!
Hi! I’m glad to see you here. Are you ready to write some syllabic poetry?

It’s the first challenge of the month ~ Poet’s Choice of Words!
PLEASE support the other poets by visiting their blogs and leaving comments. Sharing each other’s work on social media is always nice too.
This challenge is for Haiku, Senryu, Haiga, Tanka, Haibun, Etheree, Nonet, Shadorma, and Cinquain poetry forms. Freestyle rhyming poetry is not part of this challenge. Thank you. ❤
For Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge, you can write your poem in one of the forms defined below. Click on the links to learn about each form:
CINQUAIN & the variations on Cinquain-Wikipedia
Here are some great sites that will help you write your poetry and count syllables
This site even has a link so you can install the extension on Google Chrome.
For Synonyms and Antonyms. When your word has too many syllables, find one that works.
Find out how many syllables each word has. I use this site to compose my poems. Click on the “Workshop” tab, then cut and paste your poetry into the box. Click the Count Syllables button on the button. This site does the hard work for you.

THE RULES
I will publish the Tuesday prompt post at 12: 03 A.M. Mountain Standard Time (Phoenix, AZ). That should give everyone time to see the prompt from around the world. The RECAP is published on Monday and will contain the poetry from the Poet of the Month and any Honorable Mentions.
You have one week to complete the Challenge with a deadline of Sunday, at 12:00 P.M. (Noon) Phoenix, AZ, U. S. A. so I have time to compile a post and choose the Poet of the Week
The rules are simple…
Follow the schedule listed below:

Please do a LINK-BACK to this challenge by copying the https:// address of this post into your own.
You DO NOT have to send an Email. Participants and readers will find your poetry from the links in the comments section of this post. ❤

As time allows, I will visit your blog, comment, and TWEET your POETRY. I have also been sharing some of your poetry on MeWe.com.
Click here to follow me on MeWe.

If you add these hashtags to your post TITLE on your blog (depending on which poetry form you use) your poetry may be viewed more often:
#Haiku, #Senryu, #Haiga, #Tanka, #micropoetry, #poetry, #5lines, #Haibun, #Prose, #CinquainPoetry, #Etheree, #Nonet, #Shadorma
You may copy the badge I have created to go with the Weekly Poetry Challenge Post and place it in your post. It’s not mandatory:

Anita has written a double etheree for you this week, Colleen… https://wp.me/p2XQu3-dIr
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Ohhh… nice. I’ll read soon. ❤️
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Hi Colleen.
Thought I’d share a haiku this week. Still in vacation mode. Trying to press my restart button:)
https://thoughtsandentanglements.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/undoing/
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LOL! I know what that’s like. 🤣❤️
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thanks for helping to spread the word. ❤️
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A shadorma
https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2019/08/06/tanka-tuesday-summer-pleasures/
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Hi Colleen. Here is my poem, a tanka, for this weeks challenge: https://trentsworldblog.wordpress.com/2019/08/06/anxiety-tanka/
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Hi, Trent ❤️
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Hi Colleen I am trying a Haiga this week.
Here is my entry.
https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2019/08/06/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-139-poetschoice/
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Cool, Willow. ❤️
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Thank you Colleen 💜
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Hi Colleen. I thought, that you might like to view the news about, what happened with the stealing of our blogs. If you visit this link at Cyranny’s site, you will see the positive news: https://cyranny.com/2019/08/05/please-dont/
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Thanks, Irene. I so appreciate you. ❤️
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for colleen’s tanaka tuesday
https://joem18b.wordpress.com/2019/08/06/haiku-17/
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Hi, Colleen. Here’s a haibun, with the haiku added as a haiga:
https://rivrvlogr.com/2019/08/06/poet-of-few-words-magnetic-poetry-haibun/
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Nix that haiga. It’s merely an example of magnetic poetry.
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Got it. ❤️
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Thanks, Colleen! Here’s my latest:
https://frankjtassone.com/2019/08/06/a-moment-of-mindful-movement-a-tankaprose/
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Thanks, Frank. ❤️
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Hi Colleen, Yesterday was a holiday here, and I almost forgot the challenge, I thought today was Monday 🙂
https://teandpaper.ca/2019/08/06/tanka-tuesday-questions/
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LOL! Well, that’s nice to have a Kiki day. You can write your poem all week. Just have fun. ❤️
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Feels good to be here ❤ https://dorindaduclos.com/2019/08/07/looks-are-deceiving-tanka-poetrychallenge/
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Welcome home, Dorinda. You were missed! ❤️
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Thank you, Sis! I am so happy to be (somewhat) back, and of course, I headed for you! ❤
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What a fab thing to say. Sorry, we’ve been in California taking care of Ron’s brother. We just got back ourselves. YIKES! So much to do. ❤
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Hi Colleen! Here you go – https://amanpan.com/2019/08/07/beginnings/
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Hello, Eugenia! ❤️❤️❤️
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Hi Colleen! 😀
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Glad to see you my friend. ❤
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Thank you, Colleen. ❤️
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I didn’t wait until the last second this time!! 🙂
A haibun: https://merrildsmith.wordpress.com/2019/08/07/transitory-structures/
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Here you are sis !
https://butismileanyway.com/2019/08/08/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-on-a-thursday-poetry-challenge-no-139-poetschoice/
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Thanks, Sis. ❤
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for my monthly bird post at memadtwo…
https://methodtwomadness.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/draw-a-bird-day-grackle/
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Thanks Colleen and here is my double etheree… https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/smorgasbord-poetry-colleen-chesebros-tuesday-tanka-challenge-double-etheree-a-dogs-life-by-sally-cronin/ will reblog now with the submissions so far… ♥
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine and commented:
If you head over to Colleen’s you can find out more about this week’s poets’ choice Tanka challenge.. and in the comments you will find the submissions so far… #recommended
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Thanks, Colleen! Tanka time for me!
https://phillipkscott.com/2019/08/08/tanka-1/
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Hello! Thanks for joining in! 😀
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Happy Friday, Colleen! Thanks for another poetry prompt challenge! Here’s my contribution for this week: https://wp.me/p3eYyj-25X
Have a great weekend, Sis! ❤ xo
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You too, Sis! Happy Friday. ❤
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Love poetry!
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Thanks! Join in. Everyone is welcome! ❤️
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Hello Colleen and all! Joining in. https://charmedchaos.com/2019/08/10/haiku-canna-lily/
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Hello Colleen. I’ve written a Haiku.
https://edwinronaldlambert.wordpress.com/2019/08/11/thoughts/
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