The Faery Whisperer
Welcome to the Tanka Tuesday Poetry Recap featuring the work of poets from around the globe. If you would like to participate in this challenge, you can learn the rules on the menu item called Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Guidelines. PLEASE NOTE: Don’t forget to count your syllables. Use this site: howmanysyllables.com. Click on the workshop tab. Then, copy and paste your
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I’m combining my Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, using synonyms for “love and time, with the Carrot Ranch Literary Community August 16, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a comet. I used the words “continuum” for time, and “benevolence,” for love. The comet streaked across the sky dragging a fiery tail against the inky
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WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Hi! I’m glad to see you here. Are you ready to write some poetry? HERE’S THE CATCH: You can’t use the prompt words! SYNONYMS ONLY! I hope you will support the other poets with visits to blogs and leaving comments. Sharing each other’s work on social media is always nice too. HELP ME grow this challenge. Please SHARE,
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WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! Hi! I’m glad to see you here. Are you ready to write some poetry? HERE’S THE CATCH: You can’t use the prompt words! SYNONYMS ONLY! I hope you will support the other poets with visits to blogs and by leaving comments. Sharing each other’s work on social media is always nice too. We’re trying something new this week.
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The RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #105 words for this week are “Time & Grow.” I am going to spread my wings a bit and write a Tanka poem instead of a Haiku. You can always spot a Tanka because it has five lines with syllables in each line accordingly: 5/7/5/7/7. Here is my example: Are you interested in
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Read moreSuch intricate thoughts tangled in my head, all wild and complicated – not making sense, except to cause exceptional dread. This complexity of ideas revolves around Time… That elaborate and obscure, yet difficult measurement of what still needs to be done, before my convoluted plan flows like sand, in the intricate and patterned tide of my life. This poem and
Read moreThe other day I read the best article by Martha Beck, “To You, From You,” published in the December 2014, Volume 15, Number 12 issue of The Oprah Magazine. Martha and I have something in common – we both have a dislike of the holiday gifting ritual found at this time of year. Don’t get me wrong, I think a
Read moreNo Time to Waste From the Daily Post 11/10/14 – Fill in the blank: “Life is too short to _____.” Now, write a post telling us how you’ve come to that conclusion. Today, in my neighborhood a murder was committed. You can read about it here. It made me realize that the precious commodity called life should never be taken
Read moreBadge by: Doobster @ Mindful Digressions This post is in response to Stream of Consciousness Saturday at http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-august-1614/. Our prompt for this week is “time.” Time is measured by the passing of a second, An occasion, a moment, a period of time – It is the steady ticking of a clock, the rhythm of a heart beat. Time is scheduled,
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