WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY!

It’s the third week of the month! Time for a #PhotoPrompt!
Sally Cronin provided the photo for this month’s photo challenge:

What does this photo say to you? Remember to use all of your senses when you craft your poetry. Could this photo be a metaphor for something?
For Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge, you can write your poem in the forms defined on the Poetry Challenge Cheatsheet (click the link below):

Syllabic Poetry Form Cheatsheet
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 *NEW* RULES
- Write a poem using a form of your choice: Haiku, Senryu, Haiga, Tanka, Gogyohka, Haibun, Tanka Prose, Cinquain, and its variations, Ehteree, Nonet, and Shadorma.
- Post it on your blog.
- Include a link back to the challenge in your post. (copy the https:// address of this post into your post).
- Copy your link into the Mr. Linky below (underlined with a hyperlink).
- Please click the small checkbox on Mr. Linky about data protection.
- Read and comment on some of your fellow poets’ work.
- Like and leave a comment below if you choose to do so.
The screenshot below shows what Mr. Linky looks like inside. Add your name, and the URL of your post. Click the box about the privacy policy (It’s blue). As everyone adds their links to Mr. Linky, you can view the other submissions by clicking on the Mr. Linky link on the challenge post. All the links will show in the order of posting.


Follow the schedule listed below:


I will visit your blog, comment, and TWEET your POETRY.
If you add these hashtags to the post TITLE on your blog (depending on which poetry form you use) your poetry may be viewed more often on Twitter:
#Haiku, #Senryu, #Haiga, #Gogyohka, #Tanka, #TankaProse, #micropoetry, #poetry, #5lines, #Haibun, #Prose, #CinquainPoetry, #Etheree, #Nonet, #Shadorma
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Thanks for using my photo Colleen and will now head off to see what I can come up with!! ♥
Yay! Sally where is this photo from? Ireland?
Actually it is the Pembrokeshire coast where we stay when we are catching the ferry back to Ireland…lovely walks along the coastline..xx♥
Gorgeous rocky shoreline. ❤️
♥
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Hi Colleen. Cool photo by Sally. I did a tanka based on it. i hope you enjoy 🙂 https://trentsworldblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/21/shadows-reinterpreted-tanka/
Thanks, Trent!
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It’s a beautiful photo Sally and Pembroke is a beautiful part of Wales 💜
The pebble strewn beach is so pretty and different from what I’ve seen in America.
Do you not have both, shingle and sand 💜
I’ve not been to a northern east coast beach. Along Florida and the gulf coast it is just sand. Same as from around Lake Michigan where I grew up. I’ve not been to the west coast beaches in years. I’m sure they exist.
We are so lucky we both types of beaches, sand, pebbles, mixed sand and pebbles, and some with huge stones. I love beaches 💜
Beaches do hold their own beauty. I think this is an excellent photo! <3
It’s amazing
https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2020/07/21/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-187-photoprompt/
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Hi Colleen,
Thanks for hosting the challenge and Sally Cronin for the beautiful picture.
As I didn’t participate in previous week’s challenge, I’ve combined previous week’s and current week’s challenge prompts. Hope you enjoy. 🙂
Thanks, Kitty. <3
You are welcome, Colleen. 🙂
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Crammed 3 prompts in this tanka: ‘whiskers’
Brilliant as usual! That little mousie is too cute! <3
Very interesting and beautiful capture. <3
Sally takes great photos! 😍
<3 And she's been to fantastical places <3
Absolutely! 😍
Especially after a couple of margaritas….♥
Always a margarita Sal <3 <3
♥♥
Thanks Debby…♥
Hi Colleen! Nice photo, but it made me a little sad. Interesting how a photo can take our mind to dark places.
It is. We all have different perceptions which makes our poetic observations so interesting. ❤️
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Hi Colleen, my first garland cinquain for this week. Quite the challenge.
https://wordeologist.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/sequestered-dreams-a-garland-cinquain/
I’m excited to read. ❤️
🤗
A great prompt from Sally. I’ve already seen some wonderful responses. 🙂
Isn’t that a great shot? I love the mood of this one as well. ❤️
Thanks Diana..xx
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a gogyohka for Sally’s photo
Excellent! 😍
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A gogyohka sequence. I guess the photo and recent storms made me think of The Tempest. 😀
Oh, very nice connection, there. ❤️
😀
Hi Colleen- A Gogyohka for this week: https://charmedchaos.com/2020/07/23/gogyohka-tainted/
Wonderful! 😍
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Wonderful responses to the image Colleen.. and here is my effort…♥ https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2020/07/25/smorgasbord-poetry-colleen-chesebros-weekly-tanka-challenge-butterfly-cinquain-washed-up-by-sally-cronin/
Sally this photo was perfect. So much to work with! ❤️
Thanks Colleen..hugs ♥
Hi Colleen, Hot off the presses, https://tchistorygal.net/2020/07/29/active-problem-solving-haibun/. I see I forgot my #. I added it to Mr. Linky, too. Thanks for all your great comments to everyone who commented on the post. They are still coming in today! You are very popular in the blogosphere. 🙂
Thank you, Marsha. I’ll stop by again today. It was a fun interview. Thanks again for the opportunity. <3
My pleasure. 🙂