Internal warfare
A soldier in life’s battles
never ending war
Wounds unseen by the eye ball
Tells a tale about the soul

#tanka #kyoka #poetrycommunity
#poetry #micropoetry

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#tanka #tankapoem #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
#poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #poem #humor
#memory #computers
(A kyoka is a humorous tanka)

creating
a compost heap
as spring starts
under a blue sky
cracking jokes

#WriteMap #blue
#thingstowriteabout #compost
#Kyoka #micropoem #micropoetry

chronic cold
on the way back
the neighbor's garden
will be to the left
of my left nostril

#tanka #kyoka? (Learning about it just now. Or I seem to have some vague recollection of it but can't really recall if I've known about kyōka earlier and had just forgotten).

Today's the day!

The deadline is 11:59 PM to submit your senryu and related forms of #poetry including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences. 

The theme is The Senses: Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll. 

Guidelines:
prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions

#submissions 
#WritingCommunity

February 27th: 1 day left to get your submissions in to Prune Juice!  We’re looking for your best senryu and related forms of #poetry, including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences.

For guidelines:
prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions

#submissions
#writingcommunity
#poetry

there's no real ending, it's only the beginning frankenjoly Summary: “... so, all those boys from junior high are still mad ‘cause I swept the floor with ‘em that day. And they laughed when I showed up at the competition.” Aya was explaining, as immersed in telling the story as Kyôka was in listening. “Bet you could also win against kids older like you, like Atsushi-kun if he ain’t usin’ his ability.” “Atsushi-kun has gotten better.” She replied, pondering the question. “But I have more years of training than he has. Also--” for bsd ladies week 2026 day 5: unlikely friendship + “you’re bleeding!” kyôka as aya's accidental role model, plus musings derived from it.

for @bsdladiesweek.bsky.social 2026 day 5: unlikely friendship + “you’re bleeding!”

kyôka as aya's accidental role model, plus musings derived from it.
#bsd #aya #kyoka #bsdladiesweek #bsdladiesweek2026

archiveofourown.org/works/78904096

#santashikiba #kyoka #kirigirisou #danganronpa #fanart

★Kamijro★ #kamijiro #jiro #kyoka #kyokajiro #denki #kaminari #denkikaminari #Digitalart #art

the snowplow driver
with a little spot of rum
to keep him warm
as he buries parked cars
in the middle of the night

—M. Kei

#TankaThursday middle
#tanka #5lines #kyoka #Tankapoem

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One week left!

Submit your work to Prune Juice!  We’re looking for your best #senryu and related forms of #poetry, including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences.
This month we are especially interested in work exploring sex, drugs and rock and roll.

#submissions
#WritingCommunity

.....damn, im actually proud of this one.

I guess ass just brings out all the skill, huh...

#OC #art #kyoka

#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #pjjournal #poetry #kyoka #senryuslam

Hope you join us!

Reminder! Two weeks until submissions close for Prune Juice! We’re looking for your best #senryu and related forms of #poetry, including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences.

Submission guidelines here: prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions/

#WritingCommunity
#poetrycommunity

Winter's wild romance
dark, moonless nights
beguiling the artist,
confusing the traveler,
on the way home

#TankaThursday romance

#vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels

#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #pjjournal #poetry #kyoka #senryuslam

#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #pjjournal #poetry #kyoka #senryuslam Hope to see you there!

PJ's submission window is NOW open for the month of February! We’re looking for your best #senryu and related forms of #poetry, including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences

Submission guidelines:
prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions/

#WritingCommunity
#submissions

birds chirping
in the eucalyptus
me swaying gently
in the hammock
I turn a page

#TankaThursday page

#vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366

Kyoka: The Dancing Mermaid in Anime

📰 Kyoka: The Dancing Mermaid in Anime

Anime fans, get ready to meet Kyoka, the adorable and talkative mermaid who loves to dance! Voicing this character has been an incredible honor, and I am thrilled to be...

🔗 https://animenewsdaily.us/articles/46686

#AnimeNews #Crunchyroll #Kyoka

KYOKAが舞う♡ モードな90年代風リップで2026年のパワーウーマンフェイス ヘア＆メイクアップアーティスト・小田切ヒロさんが、“ギャルマインド”全開のメイクを提案する連載。今回は、世界で活躍するダンサー・KYOKAさんをモデルに迎え、“日本”をテーマにしたメイクにトライ。2026年を牽引する、しなやかでパワフルなヌードリップに魅せられて♡ @hiroodagiri_mg #小田切ヒロ #KYOKA

ヘア＆メイクアップアーティスト・小田切ヒロさんが、“ギャルマインド”全開のメイクを提案する連載。今回は、世界で活躍するダンサー・KYOKAさんをモデルに迎え、“日本”をテーマにしたメイクにトライ。2026年を牽引する、しなやかでパワフルなヌードリップに魅せられて♡ @hiroodagiri_mg #小田切ヒロ #KYOKA

I promise
long after the sun sets
when the woke petals
will have withered and dried
I'll stay the same

#wss366 woke

#TankaThursday #vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #senryu #haikufeels

Another from the latest issue of Take 5ive, edited by Steve Wilkinson. This one is a #kyoka, a humorous or satirical variant on a #tanka. Today there is very little of Sherwood Forest left.
take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu...

Sherwood Forest
trudging
from tree to tree
providing content
for free

white of whiskers
and faded of fur
in the background
discreet drumbeats
of goodbye

#TankaThursday drumbeats

#vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366

Small sketch of Kyoka ^3^ #Kyoka #BSD #commisionsopen

rogue ruler
hastening the fall
of a dying empire
but the more guilty masses
that let him

#TankaThursday #vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366

#bokunoheroacademia #bnha #ashido #mina #pinky #jiro #kyoka #earphonejack
slay lady🫦💅🏻

lucky shot
on blue-sky Thursday
a jubilant thrush
in time
for my camera

#TankaThursday blue sky

#vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366

on a hot air balloon
under a blue sky
a fleeting moment
between this
and that

#TankaThursday blue sky

#vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366

Ctoni and Kyoka #gachiakuta #Ctoni #Kyoka