General Poetry posted October 20, 2012


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tanka (outside my door)

by DALLAS01

outside my door
dressed in December
winter lurks
unaware that autumn
is not quite undressed.




Tanka Forget-About-Syllables Prompt writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
Tanka is a five-line poem OR five phrases in five lines, in 31 or fewer syllables, formatted short/long/short/long/long

Tanka:
-involve human nature or the human element
-have a pivot, shift, or turn line
-can have simile; metaphor; personification
-often use a seasonal reference, or nature imagery
-can be enhanced with artwork
-should be titled as follows: tanka (first line of poem) e.g. the title of the poem (below) beginning with the line "oh rising moon" is: tanka (oh rising moon)

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Thanks to Dbutrflys for the art work.
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