Author: rugby843

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. 
• Remember to click the small checkbox about data protection.
• Read and comment on some of your fellow poets’ work.
• Like and leave a comment below if you choose to do so.
• This challenge closes on the following Monday at noon EST, Detroit, USA.
• Have fun! 

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Sorrow

Historical deaths

Remembering 9/11

All still mourn

Tragedy sadly changed nothing

Families only memoirs

Gloomful

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Cameo – 7 lines, unrhymed, 2,5,8,3,8,7,2 – lines have strong ending words

TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 31, Just One Day, 09/23/25

Sarah stood quietly in the rain

She knew better than to complain

Others looked at her with disdain

The cloud and rain a constant chain

Sarah regretted who she’d slain

A witch’s spell would now reign

Sarah had no one else to blame

Witch’s revenge would be her bane.

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Weekly Writing Prompt

The old house lacking in power

Made it hard to have hot shower

The pipes mostly rust

Plumber eyed with disgust

All’s needed was a good scour.

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Laughing Along With A Limerick

I believe it is quite clear that in the US now we have no humanity, and nationalism rules. I am saddened by these last few months.

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Sunday Poser # 252-Nationalism vs Humanity

Every single time the callous speaker called people out, listing their faults, he would cause fear and sorrow. Mistakes were made but he would dwell on the past, causing tears to fall. The proper thing to do was move forward and tell a story of future successes. The opportunity to be positive was missed.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #443

Here are this week’s questions:

1. Do you like having your photograph taken? Absolutely not

2. Did you have a school photograph taken every year? Yes

3. Do you take photographs using a phone or stand alone camera? My phone

4. Are you any good at taking photographs? Absolutely not

Gratitude: I am thankful everyone here is healthy. I got a flu and a Covid shot last week. I have no reactions like my family members do, so guess I’m grateful for that too! College soccer we are a win!

Share Your World 22nd September

Sparrows fluttered on the limb’s bark, their babbling speech heard through the forest. Piped with flowing water streams, with dirt bank slots a home for a snake nest, brush around the bank hid their home well. A loud rap from a man’s stick on nearby rocks exiled the slippery viper, if only temporarily.

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Wordle 724

It may have been your thoughtless choice

Threatening with your loud voice

Making everyone around you annoyed

Thinking t’was your speech they enjoyed

They only wanted silence to avoid

Another episode of behavior hysteroid.

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Joe sat down in his recliner to relax. Thinking it was his fault, felt responsible. Joe’s three children doing well, attended the nearby elementary school. At least that is what Joe thought. This day he was called in to speak to Chip’s teacher because of a fight. Chip, when punched by another student, punched back. Joe was woebegone thinking of what he had taught his boys about defending themselves. He needed to have another talk with them.

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Weekend Writing Prompt #434 – Woebegone

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purple hues

drift to blackened sand

evening

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subtle waves encroach

weaving designs on the beach

varied colorful wafting

watercolors in movement

creating painted mural

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SenHai Saturday #18