Tanka Tuesday

Hello, beautiful poets! It’s Yvette again, and I’m excited to create poetry with you all this week. On this day, in 1846, Neptune was discovered. It is also the day that Nintendo was founded (1889). In 1932, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was official founded. And in 2019, Greta Thunberg delivered her powerful “How Dare You!” speech at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. Each of these moments impacted a community, a country, and/or the world on just one day.

So, for this week, I thought we would focus on how impactful one day can be. Choose any syllabic form that you’d like. You can see a great list here if you need inspiration. For an extra challenge, try to add a kigo word connected to your current season.

Write a syllabic poem using a syllabic form from the forms list HERE. Focus on how impactful one day can be. For an extra challenge, try to add a kigo word connected to your current season. If you write a freestyle poem, you must include a syllabic form with it.
#TankaTuesday does not accept AI-generated poetry.
Post your poem on your personal site/blog.
Include a link back to TankaTuesday.com in your post.
Copy the link of your published post into Mr. Linky. There are no recaps this year.
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Read and comment on some of your fellow poets’ work.
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This challenge closes on the following Monday at noon EST, Detroit, USA.
Have fun!