WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY!
Welcome! Check out the NEW main menu item: Poetry Book Publishing Links to find poetry book publishing links, including links to literary journals and poetry magazines accepting submissions of poetry. If you know of a link to add to this list, let me know by email to tankatuesdaypoetry@gmail.com. ❤
It’s the second week of the month! Are you ready to choose some synonyms to use in your poetry? Ritu from last month’s challenge picked your two words:
“LIFE & MOVE“
On the Monday recap, I’ll select someone to choose next month’s theme.
For this poetry challenge, you can write your poem in the forms defined on the cheat sheet:
Here are some 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. 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.
sodacoffee.com A simple yet powerful syllable counter for poems and text which will count the total number of syllables and number of syllable per line for syllabic poems.

The RULES
- Write a poem using synonyms for the two words given above in any of the following forms: haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, haibun, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, cinquain, and its variations, Etheree, nonet, shadorma, Badger hexastich, and Abhanga. The first of the month challenge is writing whatever syllabic form you choose, but not this challenge.
- 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 monthly 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, #Tanka, #micropoetry, #poetry, #5lines, #Haibun, #Prose, #CinquainPoetry, #Etheree, #Nonet, #Shadorma #Gogyohka, #TankaProse, #Renga, #SoloRenga, #BaxterHexastich, #Abhanga


Here’s mine 🙂
https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2021/05/11/in-esse-a-haiku/
Thank you so much for Tanka Tuesdays. You’ve inspired so many of my (and may I say all of our) words
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Thank you. You have no idea how much that means to me. We all have fun, don’t we? 🌸🌸🌸
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Absolutely yes!
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Hi Colleen. With words like those, I had to get a little philosophical with this double-nonet: https://trentsworld.blog/2021/05/11/the-great-quest-nonet-doublenonet/
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That’s great! I like philosophical! 😀
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Pingback @ https://indishe.wordpress.com/2021/05/11/tanka-tuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-225-synonymsonly/
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Sharing a visitor to my yard with: Spirited? 3p
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yay! my ping back worked!!
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It’s these blasted themes. Half of them do not work! LOL!
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Wonderful words! They really match my mood today!
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Ritu picked great words this week!🌸
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Thank you, Colleen. I’ve attempted something new this time and have added the link to the list. 😊
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Good for you, Gwen. I love it! ❤
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Thank you for the prompt and helping me stretch to new poetry forms.
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You’re welcome. It’s fun… almost like working on word puzzles. ❤
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That is a very apt description of the process 😊
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Right? I love syllabic poetry. You have to think about your word selection and meaning. 🌸
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Hi Colleen,
Thank you for hosting. Thank you Ritu for the words.
I’ve written a Butterfly Cinaquain this week, hope you enjoy.
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Thank you for being here, Kitty! ❤
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Hi Colleen,
https://wordeologist.wordpress.com/2021/05/13/love-beginnings-poetry/
A quintet of Badger Hexastich.
✋🏽💜
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Now that sounds amazing!!
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Will get on it Colleen thanks ♥
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Thanks, Sally. 🌸🌸🌸
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A day early this week Colleen.. thanks for the prompt words.♥..https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2021/05/15/smorgasbord-poetry-colleen-chesebros-weekly-tanka-challenge-crapseycinquain-existence-by-sally-cronin/
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Thank you, Sally! Ritu picked some great words to play with. ❤
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Phew, rushing to get this done Colleen. Here’s my poem for this week: https://mjmallon.com/2021/05/16/tanka-tuesday-weekly-colleenchesebro-poetry-challenge-no-225-synonymsonly/
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Thanks, Sis ❤️
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My pleasure. ❤ x
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