WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY!
It’s the first of the month and you know what that means! Poets choose your own words.

It’s my favorite month of the year! HAPPY OCTOBER!
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.
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.

As time allows, I will visit your blog, comment, and TWEET your POETRY. I have also been sharing some of your poetry on my Facebook Author Page.
Click HERE to follow me on Facebook.
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:

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Great Colleen and will see what I can do…♥
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Excellent! ❤️🎃
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♥
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I Colleen, with the idea that it is never too early to start preparing for Halloween, here is my poem for the week: https://trentsworldblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/special-brew-haibun-tanka/
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LOL! Halloween is my favorite holiday! Yay, Trent! 🍁🍂🎃👻
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Hi Colleen- Just in case the link on my post failed. A Shadorma for the 1st of October: https://charmedchaos.com/2019/10/01/shadorma-the-red-bridge/
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Hi There- hoping my link and comment went through!
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Thanks, Linda. ❤
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You fit right into my October grid!
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Woo HOO! How exciting! 😀
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Hi Colleen it doesn’t look like my pingback word so here is my link for this week 💜 Happy October 💜
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I have to approve all the linkbacks. You’re about 8 hours ahead of me. ❤️
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Lol sorry 💜 I am 8hrs ahead of you now but not the last fortnight 😜💜💜
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LOL. 🤪🎃👻
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💜💜
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I forgot to put the link in ..soo Tired
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Thanks, dear friend. Get some rest. ❤️
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A tanka
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🎃👻🍂🍁
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Here you go, Colleen – https://amanpan.blog/2019/10/02/the-cursed-cocktail/
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Yay! Thank you. ❤️
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Thank you for the opportunity, Colleen. ❤️
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Always, Eugenia. ❤️
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Here’s a haibun, Colleen:
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Thanks, Ken ❤️
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Here’s my double etheree Colleen…thanks again for all your do for us..♥ https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/smorgasbord-poetry-colleen-chesebros-tuesday-tanka-challenge-poets-choice-double-etheree-the-spell-by-sally-cronin/
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Thanks, Sally 🍂🎃🍁
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♥
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Happy Friday, Colleen! I hope all is well. This is my contribution this week. https://vashtiqvega.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/poetry-friday-drink-me/ 😀 xo
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Hello, Sis! Thank you. ❤
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Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for doing this challenge. 🙂 https://iwriteher.com/2019/10/04/the-beginning-chill/
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Thanks, and welcome Susi! ❤
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❤
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Thanks, Colleen! Here’s my latest:
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Thanks, Frank!
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Hi Colleen,
I’m late, thought I’d link anyway. A good Sunday to you.
Pat
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Thanks, Pat!
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