Tanka Tuesday Choka

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Let’s have fun with kigo words! 
We only use kigo words for haiku and haibun, but as we learned by writing to the 24 Seasons of Japan challenges we did a while back, the kigo words are fun to use in the other syllabic forms.
This week, choose from the White Dew (September 7 – 22) Hakuro 白露 kigo words or phrases and write a syllabic poem. You must use the kigo word or phase in your poem. See the kigo words below. 

Featured Kigo: Autumn grasses, the seven flowers of autumn, quail, dew, traveling, journeys, new beginnings, back to school, darkening days, autumn sunsets, autumn vigor, crows, ripening fruits, mushrooms, grapes, the harvest moon, horse chestnuts, roadside flowers of cosmos and goldenrod.

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darkening days here

threatening cold icy hail

clouds moving swiftly

small creatures into hiding

no autumn sunset

clouds covering harvest moon

nightfall respite stills the storm

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#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 30, 24 Seasons, 9/16/25

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