WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Chloe & Sophie come home today! Let's celebrate the first of the month! Happy April! It's the first of the month and you know what that means! Word Crafters, choose your own syllabic poetry form, theme, words, images, etc. It's up to you! This opportunity only happens once a month! WAIT...… Continue reading #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 220, #POET’SCHOICE
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Welcome! Check out the 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. I update these links (sometimes daily) as I find more publishing opportunities. If you know of a link to add to this list, let… Continue reading #TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 218 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT
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 can… Continue reading TANKA TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE STARS | #PhotoPrompt, The psychology of color
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It's the third week of the month! Time for an Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt This challenge explores Ekphrastic writing inspired by visual art (photographs). I selected the image for this month’s challenge, but I'll choose someone from the recap to pick the image for next month. Image by Michael Bußmann from Pixabay Hello… Continue reading WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 213 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It's the first of the month and you know what that means! Word Crafters, choose your own syllabic poetry form, theme, words, images, etc. It's up to you! This opportunity only happens once a month! WAIT... Are you looking for inspiration for your syllabic poetry? Find an image on Pixabay.com or… Continue reading #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 211, #Abhanga, or #PoetsChoice
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Happy New Year of poetry writing! I've missed you all! I can't wait to write poetry again. How about you? We're still unpacking and trying to get our bearings in this strange unknown land called Michigan. The snow is gently falling and the temperatures are much cooler than Arizona. Our new… Continue reading #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 209, #POET’SCHOICE
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Image by Biljana Jovanovic from Pixabay This weeks theme is: "Holiday Traditions" What is tradition? By definition, tradition is: The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication.A mode of thought or behavior followed by a people continuously from generation to generation; a custom… Continue reading #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 208, #THEMEPROMPT
Image by Vlad Vasnetsov from Pixabay In a few short weeks, Christmas has once again snuck up on us! Happy Holidays everyone. Congratulations to everyone who finds the time to jump into this challenge. I know many of us are alone for the holidays, so I want to let you know that I will have… Continue reading TANKA TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE STARS | CHALLENGE NO. 207 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! It's the third week of the month! Time for an Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt This challenge explores Ekphrastic writing inspired by visual art (photographs). I've selected an image for this week's challenge. I've always loved watercolors. There is something special that speaks to me from the muted and surreal colors and brush strokes.… Continue reading WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 203. #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! This week, Kerfe Roig selected the words: "mingle and drift" PLEASE support the other poets by visiting blogs and leaving comments. Peer reviews help poets perfect their writing craft. Remember... sharing is caring. For Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge, you can write your poem in the forms defined on the Poetry Challenge… Continue reading #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 206 #SynonymsOnly
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