Tag: #tanka

• 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, […]

  Smitha V

  August 23, 2022

  Poetry

  #butterfly, #courage, #ekhphrasticprompt, #faith, #inspiration, #photoprompt, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #TankaTuesday

• 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 […]

  Smitha V

  June 10, 2022

  Poetry

  #blue, #color, #grey, #hot, #indiansummer, #mumbaidays, #summer, #tanka, #TankaTuesday, #tastetherainbow

• 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 […]

  Smitha V

  December 22, 2017

  Poetry

  #carpe diem 1399 rebirth, #carpe-diem-haiku-kai, #death, #haiku, #life, #love, #memories, #nature, #paulocoelhonovelthefifthmountain, #rebirth, #rememberyou, #tanka, #tanka sequence, Poetry

• 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. […]

  Smitha V

  December 19, 2017

  Poetry

  #anger, #carpe diem #1327 A perfect life, #carpe-diem-haiku-kai, #death, #grief, #hurt, #life, #tanka, Poetry

• 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 […]

  Smitha V

  December 11, 2017

  Management, Poetry

  #carpe-diem #1323, #carpe-diem-haiku-kai, #haiku, #Japanese poetry, #key to success, #life, #paulocoelho, #tanka, #truth, Poetry