WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY!
It’s the first of the month and you know what that means! Poets, choose your own words.

PLEASE support the other poets by visiting their blogs and leaving comments. Sharing each other’s work on social media is always nice too.
This challenge is for Haiku, Senryu, Haiga, Tanka, Haibun, Etheree, Nonet, Shadorma, and Cinquain poetry forms. Freestyle rhyming poetry is not part of this challenge. Thank you. <3
For Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge, you can write your poem in one of the forms defined below. Click on the links to learn about each form:
CINQUAIN & the variations on Cinquain-Wikipedia
Here are some great sites that will help you write your poetry and count syllables
This site even has a link so you can install the extension on Google Chrome.
For Synonyms and Antonyms. When your word has too many syllables, find one that works.
Find out how many syllables each word has. I use this site to compose my poems. Click on the “Workshop” tab, then cut and paste your poetry into the box. Click the Count Syllables button on the button. This site does the hard work for you.

THE RULES
I will publish the Tuesday prompt post at 12: 03 A.M. Mountain Standard Time (Phoenix, AZ). That should give everyone time to see the prompt from around the world. The RECAP is published on Monday and will contain the poetry from the Poet of the Month and any Honorable Mentions.
You have one week to complete the Challenge with a deadline of Sunday, at 12:00 P.M. (Noon) Phoenix, AZ, U. S. A.
The rules are simple
Follow the schedule listed below:

Please do a LINK-BACK to this challenge by copying the https:// address of this post into your own.

As time allows, I will visit your blog, comment, and TWEET your POETRY. I have also been sharing some of your poetry on MeWe.com.
Click here to follow me on MeWe.

If you add these hashtags to your post TITLE on your blog (depending on which poetry form you use) your poetry may be viewed more often:
#Haiku, #Senryu, #Haiga, #Tanka, #micropoetry, #poetry, #5lines, #Haibun, #Prose, #CinquainPoetry, #Etheree, #Nonet, #Shadorma
You may copy the badge I have created to go with the Weekly Poetry Challenge Post and place it in your post. It’s not mandatory:

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Hi Colleen–a tanka just before the deadline. 🙂 https://merrildsmith.wordpress.com/2019/09/08/murmurs-tanka/
Thanks Merril ❤️
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Hi Colleen here is my poem. I shall be linking it later to my next post on the sisters of the fey blog. https://mjmallon.com/2019/09/07/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-poetschoice-etheree-trees-photography-bookish/
Great, Marje. ❤️❤️❤️
Looking forward to it. 🙂 x
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Happy Friday, Colleen! Another wonderful prompt challenge. Thank you!
https://wp.me/p3eYyj-27f
You’re so welcome. Happy Friday! <3
<3 xo Enjoy your weekend!
You also. No hurricane! <3
Hi Colleen… here’s my double etheree… The Summer Bids Farewell… https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/smorgasbord-poetry-colleen-chesebros-tanka-tuesday-challenge-the-summer-bids-farewell-by-sally-cronin/ ♥
Thanks, Sally. ❤️
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Here’s me sis 💜
https://butismileanyway.com/2019/09/05/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-on-a-thursday-poetry-challenge-no-142-1st-of-the-month-poetschoice/
Thanks, Sis ❤️
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https://kblog.blog/2019/09/05/more-blue/
Thanks Colleen!
You’re welcome. <3
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Hi Colleen, happy new month to you! Here is my link:
https://teandpaper.ca/2019/09/04/between-haiga/
Thanks, Elizabeth ❤️
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https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/colors-of-life-2/
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https://joem18b.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/haiku-131/
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Tanka Tuesday hooray, celebrated at http://bobfairfield.org/2019/09/03/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-142-1st-of-the-month-poetschoice-autumn-signs/
Thanks, Bob! 😍
Another cinquain
https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/together/
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Hi Colleen. A bit of silliness for today: https://trentsworldblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/control-tanka/
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I do like having a choice Colleen, here is my entry.
https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-142-1st-of-the-month-poetschoice/
Choices are good for the soul! ❤️
They are Colleen 💜
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