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Here’s another Tanka inspired by Weekly Tanka Challenge – Week 39 with prompt “Old & New” that serves my second submission for NaPoWriMo Day 11 old rules of new game new rules of the same old game some variations some sluggish old traditions life flows with expectations
old generation ardently welcomes new breed accedes hopefully a new perspective of life only to be ostracized Inspired by the prompt “Old and New” of Weekly Tanka Challenge #39. This is also my submission towards Day 11 of NaPoWriMo.
efflorescence spell flowers rejoice gift of spring never wailing fall preaching to live in moment surging ahead laugh and sing This post is in response to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #28. The challenge is to use words “Laugh” and “Cry” or their synonyms in a haiku, tanka or haibun. I have written a Tanka using … Read more
Benevolent God blessed me again a day to wake up to light Do I still lament darkness am I grateful today This Tanka is in response to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #27 which mandates using words “Light” and “Dark”.
In search of myself I wandered around the earth To seek ecstasy The purpose of subsistence Until, I conversed with self!
Hey there! I hope you had a great weekend and got some time to reflect on yourself. So, did I and here’s what I discovered enroute my journey of self-discovery 🙂 I faced the mirror The reflection seemed obscure I pried, “Who are you?” “Discover me”, it replied I unmasked a unique self!
Hey there! In spirit of the third week of self-discovery, I have a Tanka for you to motivate you guys a little more 🙂 Withdrawn from this world A planet wreathed with strangers So I peered inside I met a stranger there too Its’ time for introspection!
This post is in response to Weekly Haiku Challenge hosted by Ronovan of RonovanWrites. The prompts for this week are Creep and Race. I have written Tanka, an extended form of Haiku. Watching quietly I caught new day creeping in Today waned to past Future flowering today An eternal race of time!
Tanka is a poetry form which originated in Japan more than 13 centuries ago. Tanka, translated, means “short song.” It is similar to haiku in that there are specific numbers of syllables for each line of the poem and they often discuss the same topics of emotions, seasons, nature, love and sadness. This Japanese form has five lines with … Read more