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11 Apr

NaPoWrimo Day 11: Tanka

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...

#5lines, #game, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #new, #old, #past, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #weeklytankachallenge -39

11 Apr

Tanka: Old Vs. New

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...

#5lines, #generation, #life, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #new, #old, #perspective, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #weeklytankachallenge -39

06 Apr

Tanka: Flowers

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...

#5lines, #cry, #flowers, #inspiration, #laugh, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #optimism, #spring, #tanka

31 Mar

Tanka: Light or Darkness

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”...

#5lines, #darkness, #God, #grateful, #light, #micropoetry, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #today

30 Mar

Tanka: Self Conversation

In search of myself I wandered around the earth To seek ecstasy The purpose of subsistence Until, I conversed with self!

#inspiration, #monthly feature, #myself, #purpose, #self, #self discovery, #tanka, #wandered

27 Mar

Tanka: Reflection

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...

#discover, #feelings, #introspection, #life, #mirror, #monthly feature, #reflection, #self, #self discovery, #tanka

24 Mar

Tanka: Introspection

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 In spirit of the third week of self-discovery, I have a Tanka for you to motivate you guys a little more 🙂 Withdrawn from this world A planet wreathed with strangers So I peered inside I...

#inspiration, #introspection, #life, #monthly feature, #motivation, #self discovery, #stranger, #tanka

03 Nov

Tanka: Time

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...

#121 Creep&race, #creep, #future, #haiku, #poetrychallenge, #race, #ronovanwrites, #tanka, #time, #today, #weekly

16 Aug

Tanka: Silence

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...

#divine, #echo, #feelings, #insight, #life, #nature, #prayer, #silence, #soul, #tanka, #thoughts, #voice

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