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brazannemuse.com
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| | | | | This week, a new Ekphrastic prompt is introduced, inspired by Japanese Season of Clear and Bright. The painting above was given as inspiration for the Northern Hemisphere - my kigo word: spring sunlight. I have chosen to write a Tanka. Vibrant scents infuseSpring sunlight captured colourMood of coffee bloomsIn languishing lush mosaicsThat saturate my minds... | |
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eacolquitt.wordpress.com
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| | | | | E.A. Colquitt composes her first etheree - using the provided list of kigo words and phrases - for Tanka Tuesday's 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, #35. As a new season, Sh?man (Fine Weather), begins, the poet reflects on Koromagae in the West: what would changing our seasonal wardrobes do for our confidence - our hopes... | |
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colleenchesebro.org
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| | | | | Tanka and tanka prose are some of my favorite Japanese forms. I explain both forms in detail in my book, Word Craft: Prose & Poetry. The earliest form of tanka was called a waka. (Sorry for the personal advertisement). Tanka prose is written in the 5-7-5-7-7 or short-long-short-long-long five line syllable structure. Tanka prose always... | |
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wordsandcoffeewriting.com
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| | | skip stones from skyscraperscoming down with moondust dreamsbeyond the balanced bayouabove the crescent cadenceand atop the twisting tempestuntil the valley falls asleep This is just a fun little poem that I wrote earlier this summer and decided to share at a time when I knew life would be a bit busier. Nature images usually inspire... | ||
