Welcome to our weekly poetry stars celebration. This week’s challenge was to choose synonyms for the words, “loose and tight,” using one of these forms: Haiku, Senryu, Haiga, Tanka, Gogyohka, Haibun, Tanka Prose, Renga, Solo-Renga, Cinquain, and its variations, Etheree, Nonet, Shadorma, Badger Hexastich (hexastich for short), and Abhanga.
Remember… the first of the month you have the opportunity to write any syllabic poetry form of your choice. The rest of the time, we write our syllabic poetry in one of the forms listed, and we follow a schedule (posted below). I do this for a couple of reasons. Those of you who would like to enter contests or submit your poetry to literary journals are required to follow their rules. This challenge gives you that practice. Besides, why enter a challenge if you don’t follow the rules? That’s the challenge part. ❤

Many thanks to everyone who joined in below:
1. | ladyleemanila | 10. | Laura McHarrie | 19. | The Versesmith |
2. | Henry. C | 11. | D. L. Finn | 20. | Jude |
3. | Trent McDonald | 12. | Myrna at myforever | 21. | Vashti Quiroz- Vega |
4. | theindieshe | 13. | Anita Dawes | 22. | Ruth |
5. | Ritu Bhathal | 14. | kittysverses | 23. | M J Mallon |
6. | s. s. | 15. | Cheryl | 24. | Sally Cronin |
7. | willowdot21 | 16. | Gwen Plano | 25. | Annette Rochelle Aben |
8. | Dave Madden | 17. | Erlyn Olivia | 26. | Kerfe Roig |
9. | Jules | 18. | Pat | 27. |
I’m having WordPress issues again. My Safari browser won’t let me log in to most of your blogs, including my own. I have a workaround for now, but it only works part of the time. I’ll tackle this issue with WP tomorrow. I REFUSE to use Google Chrome. My MAC does not do well with that browser. Anyway, bear with me.
ALSO: Make sure you are grabbing the URL of your “published” post when you link back to the challenge and in Mr. Linky. I had two links this week that I couldn’t find the poetry for. If you need extra help with these features, let me know and I will help you. ❤
I was totally blown away by your poetry this week. Good job everybody! Ultimately, I chose Sally Cronin’s butterfly cinquain, “Fate’s Voice,” to be our star of the week.

This week, I’ve asked Sally Cronin to choose the two words for next month’s #SynonymsOnly challenge. Please email your words to me at least a week before the challenge to tankatuesdaypoetry@gmail.com. Thanks.
Fate’s Voice
Detached
the mind wanders
to explore the ‘what ifs’
of decisions made long ago
in life
designed to be inflexible
without the give and take
to allow fate
its voice.
©Sally Cronin 2021

See you tomorrow for the NEW Challenge!
Congrats to Sally, good choice Colleen.
Pat
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Thanks, Pat. ❤️
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Thanks again Pat.. so please you liked and very honoured to be mentioned.
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I loved Sally’s poem. Happy to see it here 🙂
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Thanks, Denise. It’s so hard to pick just one poem! ❤️
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Thanks Denise.. so chuffed..so many great poems every week. hugsxx
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Yes! for Sally a a brilliant and beautiful poem . A great choice Sally.💜
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Thanks so much, Willow. 😍❤️
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Thank you Willow… so many great poems and I am honoured.. ♥
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It’s a beautiful poem of yours Sally 💜
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Thank you Willow ♥
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Wonderful poem, Sally! 💜
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Thanks, Ritu-Sis! ❤️
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💜💜💜
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Thanks very much Ritu.. lovely surprise…♥
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WP doesn’t care for Firefox much, either…
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It took me awhile to figure out but I think I’ve got it now. It was in the settings. 😳🤦🏼♀️🤣❤️
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Great Poem Sally! Cheers
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Thanks, Henry. Happy Monday. ❤️
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It’s my pleasure. I wish you all the best.
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Thank you. ❤️
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Thanks Henry.. feel very honoured..
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Wonderful poem, Sally. Thank you, Colleen. Hugs to you both. 💗
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You’re welcome, Gwen. Glad you had fun. ❤️
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Thanks Gwen.. a lovely start to the week..hugs ♥
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Wonderful turn out, Colleen, and congrats to Sally. I use Vivaldi as my browser and love that I can configure it to suit my needs. Firefox is my backup and Google Chrome is out the door! I got rid of Gmail and Twitter and have no regrets.
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I loved Vivaldi but couldn’t log into WP with it. If safari gives me more trouble I might try to use it again. What do you use instead of gmail? I’m open to a new service. I was hacked while on Firefox so I quit using it years ago. Now, we have to be so careful. Thanks, Franci. You always share such useful information. ❤️
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I use Runbox.com for my email. It is a bit more tedious but I feel it is much more secure – https://runbox.com. I haven’t had any problems logging into WP except it was a bit different, especially using a new email system. Now I have no problems at all.
Note, when I changed my email service, I had to move my files one by one because they wouldn’t transfer. It took a while since I have a lot files and I had to notify all of my contacts of the change. We pay our utilities, etc. online and even though it was a time-consuming task, it was worth it. ❤️
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How interesting! What kinds of files did you have to move? That I’m not sure about. ❤
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I set up files within my email system for everything rather than keep paper files (even though I keep some paper files). For example Ga Power, Verizon, AT&T, Amazon, etc. Even though our utilities are automatic withdrawal, they send a notification which I move to file until the it clears the bank. I have approx. 30 files set up in runbox. I learned this when I was employed and it stuck with me. It’s a simple way for me to keep track of stuff.
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That’s brilliant! I do much the same with other things but not email. That would be so nice. Thanks for explaining. I’m going to check this out. I might be in for a change soon. ❤
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If you need any help, let me know. By the way, what theme are you using?
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Thanks, Franci. I had to switch back to dynamic news. I tried using Tortuga, but there is something not right for me with that theme. WP said to switch back and everything starting working again. ❤
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Thanks, Colleen. I tried Tortuga once, as well. Seems a few of the themes are quirky.
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I agree. After seven years (I started in April of 2014) the themes are still the same in premium. In fact, some are gone entirely. I wish they would create some new themes for those of us who write poetry. LOL! 😀
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Me too, Colleen! I change themes frequently just to get a new feel for my blog but there is not too much to choose from in premium and I can’t justify paying for the business plan.
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Exactly! I totally agree. Maybe we should let them know. LOL! 😀
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Some time ago, I read in one WP’s newsletters that they were going to come out with new themes, which they have but they don’t have much personality.
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Bland and lacking personality! You nailed it. ❤
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Thanks Eugenia.. fabulous poems as always..
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Most welcome, Sally!
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Thanks so much Colleen, I am very honoured to be mentioned..just off to do my rounds and will check in on friends and new poets in the links.. I will get my two synonyms to you asap…♥♥
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Thanks, Sally. You wrote a lovely butterfly cinquain. ❤
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