slipping and sliding
on the scree of old age
or reaching up
with piton and hammer
and striking sparks
#tanka
#MayTanka (spark)
#micropoetry
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"it takes two to tangle"
the stranger said as we unpicked
the knot of leads*
our dogs had made
we're married now (our dogs too)
*lead (UK English) = leash (N Am English)
#Tanka
#MayTanka (tangle)
#micropoetry
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at the end
of these summer days
a glass of something cold
I think about asteroids
in near-earth orbits
#Tanka
#MayTanka (glass)
#Micropoetry
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where does honesty belong
in my inner life?
I tell no lies
but leave those memories
to starve on the tundra
#Tanka
#MayTanka (honest)
#micropoetry
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cartographer!
why do you shake your head
as I set out
for the Ends of the Earth
to win your love?
#Tanka
#MayTanka (end)
becomes
#JuneTanka
#TankaThursday
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high summer
and first light, on a day
when one grandchild
will cross the sea
to meet the other
#Tanka
#MayTanka (child)
#TankaThursday
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or...
my stepmother
gutting
a trout
on the shores
of Loch Morar
#TankaThursday
#MayTanka (shore)
#Tanka
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remembering
her gutting
a trout
on the shores
of Loch Morar
#TankaThursday
#MayTanka (shore)
#Tanka
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(in memoriam Claire Demant, my mother)
scattered
on the upslope
and downslope
of this shimmering heat
my unanswered questions
#Tanka
#MayTanka (answer)
#TankaThursday
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Below are the #NaTankaMo #TankaPoem #MayTanka prompts in case some of you missed them/are looking for them.
New #TankaThursday prompt drops late Wednesday this week as we start back on the weekly schedule.
Happy #poetry writing!
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fine things
on a coconut tree
blade after blade
makes the weaver bird
a homeowner
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka #poetry #TankaPoem #5liner
#tanka #Haikufeels #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #dailyhaikuprompt
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no flowers
remain below the ground
spring arrives
and I am still waiting
for this war to end
Fatma Zohra Habis
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka
#Tanka #TankaThursday
#5lines #vss365
#poetrycommunity #poetry
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a green leaf
trembles in the rain
in the end
she chooses to offer
herself to the wind
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka
#end #choice
Thank you to @evecastle.bsky.social for a wonderful month of prompts!
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there was no end
to you or the song of your breath
you were a june sky
undulating into the infinite
cerulean pool of summer
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka
#tanka #5lines
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the end looms, lurking
holiday, weekend, party
an entire life
at least it has stopped raining
my dad, in the ground
#MayTanka #NaTankaMo #tanka #haiku #poetry #grief
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redolent
of end times
granny's old refrigerator
shuddering
to a stop
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka #poetry #TankaPoem #5lines end
#tanka #Haikufeels #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #dailyhaikuprompt
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when search
comes to its end...
journey starts
and soft wind blows
into life's sails
#MayTanka end
#NaTankaMo
#HaikuChallenge journey
#micropoetry
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a magpie
restoring an old nest
an honest day's work
I will change my address
so you can't find me again
Fatma Zohra Habis
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka
#Tanka #TankaThursday
#5lines #vss365
#poetrycommunity #poetry
honest
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i’m always choosing
the blue inbetween
the perpetual dusk
floating from there to everywhere
but never quite staying here
#NaTankaMo (choice) #MayTanka
#tanka #5lines
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Online delusions
Spun-out eggplant fingers
A broken shell
I end my estrangement with
An old mottled forest
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka #tanka | #end
#WordedArt | #estranged
#SenseWrds 76
#doomscrolling
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choice entertainment
at the open window
in the dead of night
a stray ginger cat
meowing at the full moon
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka #poetry #TankaPoem #5lines choice
#Haikufeels #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #dailyhaikuprompt
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chrysanthemums petals
I pluck them slowly
one by one
no choice remains
just he love me
Fatma Zohra Habis
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka
#Tanka #TankaThursday
#5lines #vss365
#poetrycommunity #poetry
choice
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the poppy chooses
to blaze red against the gloom
vision without flame
at the edge of night she waits
quiet in her certainty
#vss365 #vision #NaTankaMo #choice #MayTanka #tanka #poetry #nature
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swept toward
the bend in the river ___
her heart races
but he holds her hand
they journey together
#NaTankaMo
#MayTanka
#dailyhaikuprompt #river
#haiku
#poetry
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At best, all we choose
Is what our bodies can bear:
As the towers fall, do you
Jump from your window
Or stay in these orange flames?
#natankamo
#maytanka
#writingcommunity
#choice
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my raison d'être:
I still have to learn, how
to tie a necktie
there's even the choice
between many knots
(probably more a kyōka)
#BraveWrite raison d'être
#vssdaily tie
#MayTanka #NaTankaMo choice
#micropoetry
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#MayTanka #tanka #poetry #WritingCommunity
summer’s green eyes —
silent before the ice breaks
and the trains rush in
the dark earth covers my head
you choose to watch the trees fly
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the magic key
fit a keyhole in your eye
turning slowly
a door to your soul opens
I find my shelter there
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka
#TankaThursday
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Feeling briny
The daily grind, suit and tie
A new choice awaits
A title is not who I am
Break society’s chains
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka #tanka | #choice
#vss365 | #brine
#vsscreative | #daily_grind
#vssdaily | #tie
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in my quiet space
thoughts and words
weave soft shelter—
from chaos outside
I learn how to prioritize
Fatma Zohra Habis
#NaTankaMo #MayTanka
#Tanka #TankaThursday
#5lines #vss365
#poetrycommunity #poetry
shelter
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