WELCOME TO #TANKATUESDAY 短歌 火曜日
Welcome to a new year of writing syllabic poetry. Please read the rules, updated for the new year, 2023 HERE. Practicing with synonyms is a great way to choose the perfect word for the meaning you’re trying to convey in your poem. Try Thesaurus.com
Back by popular demand, our first poetry challenge of 2023 is to write your poem by selecting synonyms for the two words below. Do not use the two words—synonyms only. New & Experience
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seasoned in the arts
treading out the familiar
fresh words are needed
compose each literary
not easily done
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https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/01/03/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-301/
The Bag Lady 
I can totally relate, Cheryl ❤
~David
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I connected with this, Cheryl! My muse and I haven’t been in sync lately, but she’s slowly coming out of her shell. Great poem!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you. It’s easy to get bogged down in winter
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Thanks for reading
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Very nice 💜
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Thank you
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A pleasure 💜
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Thanks!
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Cheryl, this is a lovely tanka. I like what Lisa said… the gloom of winter sometimes makes it hard to write. But, it looks like you overcame that issue. Happy New Year!
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Cheryl, especially in the gloomy skies of winter…
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