Hey all! I’m back with my next set of tankas, titled “The Night Sky”. Enjoy!
I suspect a wink
From stars radiating light,
I suspect a smile
From the bright,shimmering moon,
As I admire the night sky.
I suspect a glare
From a travelling comet,
I suspect a snarl
From a raging asteroid,
As I admire the night sky.
I suspect a stare
From an observing Venus,
I suspect I glanced
A distant constellation
As I admire the night sky.
-The Forgers of Fantasy
P.S: This has been penned for #TankaTuesday, where poets were asked to pen tankas of any topic. You can access the prompt at https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/11/30/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-no-254-specificform/
Tanka:
Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7).
For more such poems,refer The Forgers of Fantasy
The Forgers of Fantasy 
I decided to participate in this prompt because you did, Veera 🙂
❤
David
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Oh 😂 I’m glad! I’ll be sure to check out your post ❤
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Sri, this week we were writing tanka prose. Find instructions here: https://wordcraftpoetry.com/tanka-tuesday-poetry-cheat-sheet-for-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenges/. And, your tanka poems are lovely, as always. ❤
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Thank you very much! 😀
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love the structure of this and the haunting image of an ‘observing Venus’ —
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❤ Thanks! ❤
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Love this, Vera 💕🙂
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Thank you! And btw, its Veera, not Vera 🙂
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Yes, I typed Veera, and the darn autocorrect gremlins changed it! 😳😂
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Autocorrects are really exasperating…
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