Tag: #tanka
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Tanka Tuesday: Fly like a butterfly
This week’s #TankaTuesday prompt from Wordcraft poetry is to write an ekphrastic poem based on the below image provided by Reena. Here’s my tanka, which is a Japanese form of poetry with a syllable count of 5/7/5/7/7. My wings opened wideOver the divided earth,the fish in the sea,the flowers and the green leavesI fly in faith, […]
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Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 277 : Awaiting the rains
I’m linking this post to #TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 277: #Tastetherainbow-Color Poetry. This is my second week in this challenge. I enjoyed the spirit of this group so much, I had to come back. I decided to try writing a tanka for this time’s challenge. A tanka is a Japanese poetry form that follows […]
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Carpe Diem #1329 – Rebirth…I see Thee in the Flowers.
For today’s quote, I wrote a Tanka Sequence or Tanka String as it is called (a group of Tankas related to each other. A Tanka for those who are not aware is Japanese poetry written in sentences following the 5-7-5-7-7 syllables pattern. Today’s quote is: […] “The ashes of the dead … will become the […]
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Carpe Diem#1327- And then I knew how much I loved you
[…] “An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.” […] (Source: Veronika Decides to Die – Paulo Coelho Wrote a Tanka on the quote provided: Was angry with you, Hurt! Wanted to break away, Then you made a call, To tell me, you were dying… Now, I am angry with me! Copyright © 2017. lifeateacher.wordpress.com. […]
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Carpe Diem #1323 Serenity…Key to Success
The quote provided for today’s Carpe Diem Challenge is from Paulo Coelho’s novel “The Witch Of Portobello”. The quote for today points to the skill of calligraphy. In ancient Japan calligraphy was a high art and all the classical haiku poets used it. The leading character of “The Witch …” learns this art in the […]