#TankaTuesday #Poetry Stars No. 254 | #SpecificForm: tanka prose

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Books are splendid gifts to give for the holidays. I’ve read a few articles which said print books are taking longer to make and that Amazon is trying hard to keep up with demands. Shop early and order soon. Support your community writers and poets. I know I am! Email me if you have a poetry book I can add to our #TankaTuesday Book Gallery. The links take you to the poet’s Amazon Author Page, where you can browse their books.

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I’ve started a new feature on Word Craft Poetry called “Meet the Poet.” I interviewed D. L. Finn. I’ll be emailing poets with questions starting this month. I’d like to feature at least two of you a month. Read Denise’s post below:

Welcome to Meet the Poet, a Word Craft Poetry feature written to introduce you to the poets in our writing community. This is a way to get to more about the poet and their work. Did you know many of our poets are accomplished fiction and non-fiction authors? Some of our poets are also artists, … Continue reading

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Welcome to our weekly poetry stars’ celebration. This week’s challenge was to write tanka prose using one of these forms: haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, haibun, tanka prose, renga, solo renga, chōka, cinquain, and its variations, Etheree, nonet, shadorma, Badger hexastich, Abhanga, diatelle, the Kerf poetry, and any of the syllabic forms from the Poetscollective.org.

Many thanks to everyone who joined in below:

1.	Reena Saxena	8.	anita dawes	15.	Donna Matthews
2.	Gwen Plano	9.	Harmony Kent	16.	Colleen Chesebro
3.	Veera	10.	Jules	17.	theindieshe
4.	ben Alexander	11.	Balroop Singh	18.	Jude
5.	Sri	12.	Kerfe	19.	Marsha Ingrao
6.	The Versesmith	13.	wildchild47	20.	You’re Next!
7.	willowdot21	14.	Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr

Wow! We some great tanka prose this week. Check out the variety of subjects you all chose. Tanka prose is one of my favorite forms because it’s so versatile. The idea is to find a connection between the prose and the tanka, so you’re not repeating yourself. I like to think of the tanka as an added piece of the puzzle or the “revelation” to the prose.

David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish (ben Alexander) shared a poignant piece “Sick Days, or: Tissues” about his wife and daughter’s cold. This is the essence of tanka prose. It’s great to share everyday events and the episodic narration or poem tale is perfect for this kind of poetry.

I also liked Anita Dawes‘ tanka prose, “Falling In.” The prose sets the stage for the tanka. This is a great moody piece using the Preface form.

I loved Sri’s piece called “Inking.” This is also a great example of the Preface (explanation) tanka prose form.

Kerfe‘s Urban Assembly School for Green Careers Garden (Thursday Doors) tanka prose poem tale is a feast for your eyes and mind. I love how Kerfe photographs the architectural delights (doors) in NYC.

See you tomorrow for the new challenge!