#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 262, 2/22/22, #THEMEPROMPT

Colleen M. Chesebro22 Feb 202223 Aug 2022Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenges#Tanka Tuesday, #ThemePrompt, How to Write Themed Poetry, Ken Gierke, mind mapping themed poetry, Printable FREE PDF daily syllabic poetry journal sheets, Syllabic Poetry, Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenges, The Guardian: Poetry Secrets: how to write a poem on a theme, Transitions

WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY!

Are you ready for a #TankaTuesday theme prompt? Ken Gierke (Rivrvlogr) from last month’s challenge picked the theme:

TRANSITIONS

Merriam-Webster has several definitions for the word transitions, found HERE.

Learning how to write poetry featuring a theme is good practice for poets who’d like to submit their poetry to journals and contests. Check out our HUGE list HERE!

How do you start? Here is a great article from the Guardian on how to write a poem on a theme:

“This year, the theme for National Poetry Day is Light. I was asked to write a poem on the subject for Light, the National Poetry Day book (download it for free). Here’s how I went about it. It’s a technique you can use for writing a poem on any theme – aliens, Hallowe’en, getting old, football, animals… anything at all.
First of all, in the middle of a large piece of paper, I wrote LIGHT… READ MORE…”
The Guardian: Poetry secrets: how to write a poem on a theme

This is an example of a mind map. This technique works well when planning out your themed poetry. Don’t forget to count those syllables!

GRAB your printable FREE PDF daily syllabic poetry journal sheet HERE

Here are some sites that will help you write your poetry and count syllables:

Not sure how to write syllabic poetry? READ THIS FIRST: How to Craft Syllabic Poetry

Tanka Tuesday Cheat Sheet

PoetsCollective.org

sodacoffee.com/syllables

synonyms.com

thesaurus.com

Word Craft: Prose & Poetry – The Art of Crafting Syllabic Poetry

THE RULES

Write a poem based on the above theme using a syllabic form of your choice found on the cheat sheet OR from the Poetscollective.org using the theme above.
*USE sodacoffee.com/syllables to count your syllables. That way, we are all using the same syllable counter.
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Now, have fun and write some syllabic poetry!

Published by Colleen M. Chesebro

An avid reader, Colleen M. Chesebro rekindled her love of writing poetry after years spent working in the accounting industry. These days, she loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction. In addition to poetry books, Chesebro’s publishing career includes participation in various anthologies featuring short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. She’s an avid supporter of her writing community on Word Craft Poetry.com by organizing and sponsoring a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called #TankaTuesday, where participants experiment with traditional and current forms of Japanese and American syllabic poetry. Chesebro is an assistant editor of The Congress of the Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology & Gitty Up Press, a micro-press founded by Charli Mills and Carrot Ranch. In January 2022, Colleen founded Unicorn Cats Publishing Services to assist poets and authors in creating eBooks and print books for publication. In addition, she creates affordable book covers for Kindle and print books. Chesebro lives in the house of her dreams in mid-Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes with her husband and two (unicorn) cats, Chloe & Sophie. View more posts