General Poetry posted October 13, 2018 |
Dedicated to our resident ghost.
For Boo the Ghost
by Sally Law
Halloween Tanka Contest Winner
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Around the first of October, an apparition appeared to me on FanStory. A spooky ghost named Boo! Mysteriously floating through the pages of my writing, leaving a few clues, but no fingerprints. He was not of this earth.
He became a fan and I returned in kind. New to our writers forum I said to myself.
Tempted me yesterday with my weakness, a contest. But not just any contest, tanka poetry.
He knows this is my great flaw. For no poetry is mine, only stories. I felt studied, lured like an innocent pup with a chew toy! Oh, the wicked offering! I bit and here I am.
So today, I respond with poetry and pen. And, to Boo, I dedicate my first tanka offering.
Tanka poetry:
Line 1 - 5 syllables
Line 2 - 7 syllables
Line 3 - 5 syllables
Line 4 - 7 syllables
Line 5 - 7 syllables
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. He became a fan and I returned in kind. New to our writers forum I said to myself.
Tempted me yesterday with my weakness, a contest. But not just any contest, tanka poetry.
He knows this is my great flaw. For no poetry is mine, only stories. I felt studied, lured like an innocent pup with a chew toy! Oh, the wicked offering! I bit and here I am.
So today, I respond with poetry and pen. And, to Boo, I dedicate my first tanka offering.
Tanka poetry:
Line 1 - 5 syllables
Line 2 - 7 syllables
Line 3 - 5 syllables
Line 4 - 7 syllables
Line 5 - 7 syllables
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