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Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 179, #ThemePrompt

WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It's the fourth week of the month! Are you ready for a theme prompt? Merril D. Smith from last month's challenge selected a special theme: This week's theme is: “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.”― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of … Continue reading Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 179, #ThemePrompt

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  1. kittysverses on #TankaTuesday #Ekphrastic #Poetry Challenge, 1/24/22, No. 30427 Jan 2023

    Thanks for hosting, Colleen. That's a beautiful painting to draw inspiration from. :)

  2. robertawrites235681907 on Meet the Poet – January 2023: Ken Gierke26 Jan 2023

    Hi Coleen, it's lovely to see Ken featured here. He writes excellent poetry.

  3. yvettemcalleiro on #TankaTuesday #Ekphrastic #Poetry Challenge, 1/24/22, No. 30426 Jan 2023

    I'm a couple of days late, but I wrote a poem! Yay me! Don't get too excited. It's nothing out…

  4. yvettemcalleiro on Meet the Poet – January 2023: Ken Gierke26 Jan 2023

    What a great interview, Colleen! I enjoyed learning more about Ken! :-) Yvette M Calleiro :-) http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

  5. memadtwo on Meet the Poet – January 2023: Ken Gierke26 Jan 2023

    There are many to choose from.

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Word Craft Poetry – #TankaTuesday

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