


I am choosing Sandman’s Magic, the middle card, with an American Cinquain, 2,4,6,8,2 syllable lines:
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sparkling
magical sand
nightmares flee the child’s mind
only happy images seen
sandman
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And the first card, “Seasons of Enchantment” with a tanka: 3,5,3,5,5 syllable lines:
small girl’s dream
unicorn fancy
sweet tableau
beauty everywhere
in surrounding scape
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TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 38, Visualize Your Joy, 11/11/25
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I hope so
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The sweetest dream
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Great poems, Cheryl!
Yvette M Calleiro :-)http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you
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Cheryl, your tanka shows how children connect to the world with their own special sense of magic. Judy captures that so well in art, too. 💜
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Love it, captures that innocence.
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Beautifully written Cheryl
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lovely poems Cheryl ❤
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