Is this your first time at Tanka Tuesday? Here is what you do:
- Write a syllabic poem on the theme of something that brought a big change in your life, using a syllabic form from the forms list HERE. If you write a freestyle poem, you must include a syllabic form with it.
- Post your poem on your personal site/blog.
- Give us the instructions on how to write the syllabic form you used.
- Include a link back to TankaTuesday.com in your post.

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Senryu – generally consist of 17 syllables divided over three lines in a 5-7-5 pattern, dealing with human nature, no capitals)
getting cancer twice
twenty years apart surprise
living on in health
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#Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, Specific Theme, 10/8/2024
well done! Truly inspiring!
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Well done that a true life changing achievement. 💜🌞💜
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Cheryl, you’re a force to reckoned with. You beat cancer twice! This was a fabulous senryu!
I received your email and will write you back tomorrow.
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Thanks!
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Great poem, Cheryl! May cancer stop messing with you. I noticed you changed your dragonfly. Is that for the Fall season?
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
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Yep☺️
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Thanks for sharing your posts. I couldn’t comment there but want you to know I feel your strength in your poems!👏🏻💪🏻❤️
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Thanks, Cheryl! 🙂
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A nice thought, but it’s just life
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Onward, my friend! As a Star Wars character said, “The Force is strong in this one.” ❤
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Cancer is not a friend of anyone, but it seems to occupy our lives. I’m so sorry, Cheryl, and wish you perfect health in the unfolding years. 💙
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Thank you. If it goes in twenty year intervals, I’ll be 89😂
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Thank you for your kind comments
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to your strength, Cheryl 🤍🙏
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I salute your courage Cheryl. Thanks for sharing this life altering experience with us
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Thank you Sadje!
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You’re most welcome my friend
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