the warming sun slowly teasing the tightness from crocus buds… how long will it take this time to forgive myself #tankathursday Michele L. Harvey #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #shortpoem #poem Tanka Thursday Feb. 25th prompt: MISTAKE

snow arrives in the teeth of a gale up, down and sideways falling short this life I’ve lived to be your everything Michele L. Harvey #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #shortpoem #poem Skylark, Summer 2014

Smallest/Little Death Tanka: a gnat’s smudge on my forearm— the smallest death i have known this year but typical William Ramsey bit.ly/3iopBo7 #death #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem

tanka weekly challenge: August 1, 2024 this week’s prompt: mosquito write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America:

tanka weekly challenge: August 8, 2024 this week’s prompt: homeless write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America:

tanka weekly challenge: August 15, 2024 this week’s prompt: sun write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America:

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no matter what Father just said ... his right hand keeps erasing the words on the blackboard of his mind bit.ly/2kykZ1d #father #dementia #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem

tanka weekly challenge: August 22, 2024 this week’s prompt: playground write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America:

Congrats to the winners of the 2024 TSA Tanka Contest! I’ll be posting 1 a day but to read them all now: #tanka #awards tankasocietyofamerica.org/tsa-contest/pa…

Sanford Goldstein International Contest 2024 First Place   just this! the chickadee in the pine singing I am here I am here   Elizabeth Black Haymarket, Virginia #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #awards

Sanford Goldstein International Contest 2024 Second Place   passing by the cemetery I steal a glance . . . will these be enough a pillow of mossy stones a bed of wildflowers   Sanjuktaa Asopa Belagavi, India #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #awards

Sanford Goldstein International Contest 2024 Third Place   how does one measure the length of a night . . . in a chemo ward watching each drop swell before it falls   Teji Sethi Bangalore, India #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #awards

tanka weekly challenge: August 29, 2024 this week’s prompt: roof write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America:

Sanford Goldstein International Contest 2024 Honorable Mention   an arbutus sheds its outer bark . . . my skin is the only thing holding me together   Debbie Strange Winnipeg, Manitoba #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #awards

Sanford Goldstein International Contest 2024 Honorable Mention she asks me if I’ve ever been in love . . . of all the questions parenthood books don’t prepare you for   Tracy Davidson Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #awards

Sanford Goldstein International Contest 2024 Honorable Mention we fell late into love like rain to parched earth like stones into water   Margi Abraham Sydney, Australia #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #awards

Sanford Goldstein International Contest 2024 Honorable Mention a fallow fawn hidden in the bracken . . . how can I protect my daughter from the world   Farah Ali Brighton, United Kingdom #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #ooem #shortpoem #awards

tanka weekly challenge: September 5, 2024 this week’s prompt: shadow write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America: