Tanka Tuesday 9-17-25

This week, have fun with these unusual autumn words by selecting one (or more) words from the website above. Write your syllabic poem. PLEASE include the meaning of the word, so everyone knows what the word means.

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Clinquant: Glittering with gold and silver. Sibylline: Mysterious, cryptic; having a secret meaning

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Kicking up sand, I watch it silently fall

The evening sea is clinquant in its movements

At once deep gold in moon’s reflection

Then eclipsed by silvery white foam

While those sibylline waves quietly approach sandy edges

I wonder what secrets they hold from worldly travels.

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#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 33, Uncommon & Cozy Autumn Words, 10/7/25