WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It's the fifth Tuesday of the month! This is our chance to work with a specific syllabic poetry form. Take this opportunity to learn more about the particular form. This week's form is: Haibun Here's a quick review of the Haibun form which consists of prose and at least one Haiku. … Continue reading Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 184, #SpecificForm
Month: June 2020
Pat R. from last month’s challenge picked this month's theme. I know this challenge was difficult! Congratulations to everyone who took part. You stepped up and met the challenge head-on! Bravo to you all! This month’s theme prompt: “…In the world’s broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life,Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be … Continue reading Weekly Poetry Challenge Stars | Theme Prompt: @SCVincent
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Trimming up the POET TREE for this week - courtesy of Carrot Ranch Literary Community: Read about it HERE It's the fourth week of the month! Are you ready for a theme prompt? Pat R. from last month's challenge picked the theme. You can choose either quote or both if you'd … Continue reading Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 183, #ThemePrompt
Thanks everyone for the lovely poetry dedicated to my new writing muse, Freyja. I've decided to create a collage of poems, along with the author's names, and a photo of Freyja that I can frame and hang in my creative room. I'll work on that this week and share it in a post. Frank J. … Continue reading Weekly Poetry Challenge Stars | #PhotoPrompt No. 182
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It's the third week of the month! Time for a #PhotoPrompt! On Wednesday, my new writing muse, Freyja will finally come home. At eight weeks old, I'm sure she will be a lot of fun. To celebrate, I selected the photo for this month's challenge. This isn't my little girl, but … Continue reading Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 182 #PhotoPrompt
What a crazy week it's been. I'm glad to put last week behind me. I had computer issues and then WiFi issues! WordPress has been slow and unresponsive. I finally changed my browser to Firefox so I could finish this post. Everything seems unstable. Hopefully, everything works again... Fingers crossed. Sorry, it took me so … Continue reading Weekly Poetry Challenge Stars | Synonyms Only, No. 181: Anita Dawes
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Here are your two words, provided by Linda Lee Lyberg: "Nimble & Enigma" On the Monday before the next challenge, I'll select a poem and share it on my blog as part of the Weekly Poetry Challenge Stars. Whoever I pick will choose the words for next month's challenge! PLEASE support … Continue reading Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 181 #SynonymsOnly
Thank you so much for all the poetry this week. It's been fabulous! Did anyone have issues with Mr. Linky? Most of the responses have been favorable, as the widget makes finding the poems easier. Don't forget to look for the link in each post. Just add the URL of your published post. Now, you … Continue reading Weekly Poetry Challenge Stars | No. 180, Poet’s Choice
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It's the first of the month and you know what that means! Poets, choose your own syllabic poetry form, theme, words, images, etc. It's up to you! WAIT... Are you looking for inspiration for your syllabic poetry? Find an image on Pixabay.com or experiment with "found poetry" as a way to … Continue reading Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 180, #Poet’sChoice
HAPPY JUNE! The use of Mr. Linky has made finding the poems easier. Don't forget to look for the linkup at the bottom of each challenge post. Make sure to add the URL of your published post. Now, you can go back to the challenge post, click on Mr. Linky and see all the other … Continue reading Weekly Poetry Challenge Stars | Theme Prompt, No. 179: Shakespeare Quote
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