watching
a romance unfold…
the subtitles
and I
see it coming
#tanka #tankathursday
#TankaPoem #haiku
#micropoetry #senryu
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#TankaThursday
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Sprightly honeybees
watch wildflowers
basking in sunlit warmth
seeking nectar
in the floral sea
#vss365 #tanka #TankaThursday #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #poetry #poem
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#Obvious disdain
you #watch me #crawl to my #seat
often #patronized
there's no #warmth to #retreat to
I #recommend you fuck off
#2wordprompt
#TankaThursday
#inkmine
#emoetry
#vss365
#WIPSnips
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sleepless night
sliced into hours and minutes
I watch the clock
thinking it holds a message
in the whisper of its gears
#tanka #TankaThursday
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inward facing
I wear it as he wore it
my father ‘s watch
long since stopped, yet sometimes …
I think I hear it tick
#tankathursday #tanka #watch
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she calls out for Beth
familial competition
one Beth by birth
one chosen to wed
which one watches while the other wins?
#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #tanka #micropoetry #watch #poetry #writing #badfamily
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that watch
at the back of a drawer
my father-in-law's
the ticker stopped
an age ago
#TankaThursday (watch)
#tanka
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delicate textures
heart-shaped petals beckoning
glimmers hidden in
plain sight — Spring replenishes
aching words grow soft edges
#tankathursday #tanka #poetry
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when search
converts to just watch
how precious!
the reminder to
never rush through life
#BraveWrite #converting
#TankaThursday #watch
#vss365 #precious
#TankaPoem #Tanka #micropoetry #micropoem
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ancient desert dunes
she #watches shimmering sand
crawl in the sun
one #precious grain setting out
beyond the span of her time
#tankaThursday #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets
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For #TankaThursday
tanka weekly #poetry challenge March 12, 2026
this week’s prompt: watch
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
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TANKA
You can’t change the ground
on which you’re standing. You must
stand on higher ground,
Let elevated feelings
- faith, peace, joy, love - transform you.
#haikufeels change #tanka #tankathursday #tankapoem
#poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #inkmine
#inspiration #spirituality
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TANKA
Sometimes I wonder
about those moths lying dead
in my ceiling light.
Why fly so close, risk frying?
The brilliance - was it worth it?
#tanka #tankathursday #tankapoem #micropoetry
#poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets
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TANKA
The light is changing
throughout the day, the season.
I live for moments
of illumination. Now
there’s shadow – there must be light.
#tanka #tankathursday #tankapoem #haiku #poetry
#micropoetry #poetrycommunity #spring #nature
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#TankaThursday (watch)
#vss365 #bonny
#WildWalkPrompt #vine
#emoetry #modest
(typo, delete, add 2 syllables, repost)
yeah you gotta watch
a bonny hand makin' time
modest as a crime
rotting fruit falls from the vine
yeah you gotta watch, use it
youtu.be/aI7aeKCqkKE?...
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we watch the children
flood out into the yard to play
listening to their chatter
our future is in their hands
and we act like nothing matters
#poem #poetry
#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #watch
@evecastle.bsky.social
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
March 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
watch
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
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While my children watched
Saturday morning cartoons
A school was leveled.
Parents mourn young memories
My heart simply detonates.
#tankathursday #memory #vssmagic #detonate #tanka #tankaboutit #poem #poetry #micropoem #micropoetry
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#smallpoemsunday #tanka #tankapoem #tankathursday
A favorite by M.Kei
a vacant lot
full of weeds
and mourning doves,
today my heart
is just like that
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#TankaThursday #memory thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
#smallpoemsunday
thanks to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #poet #poetrycommunity
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Poem: Ode to Lost Lovers a presence from the past triggered fragments of memory an ode to lost lovers her scent, her laugh present once again just like Bogie and Bacall overlaid over a clip from the song “Key Largo” by Bertie Higgens. It shows Humphrey Bogart looking deep into the eyes of Lauren Bacall, the mirror of their love in real life. Artwork for contemplation only; a low-res copy of the original, unsuitable for commercial use, ©owner Words & image ©ilinkcs (2026/03)
my mind reaches back
a memory of my first love
triggered by a look, a laugh
between young lovers
the presence of her scent.
I remember it all
like yesterday
like Bogie & Bacall
at Key Largo
...
ALT=deets
#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
@evecastle.bsky.social #memory #bogieandbacall
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clematis blooming
like my weak-worded wishes
I cut them in half
hope holding myself hostage
smiling like a burst of light
#tankathursday @evecastle.bsky.social #poetry #itsthursdaysomewhere
#poetrycommunity #tanka
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photos of old photos
no room to keep
so many things
yet here you are
still in my grasp
#tankathursday #tanka #memory
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#TankaThursday
#memory
Memories
of small children on beaches,
sandcastles ...
middle-aged adults now -
did the sea wash them away?
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gentle ocean waves
overlap the silver shore
carrying sand
to a far away land where
memories and dreams still live
#tanka #TankaThursday
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They rage together-
Endlessly. Brothers, sisters,
Strive in mud and blood,
Eyes and ayes cast in iron die,
Left eats right that eats the blind
#tankathursday #poetry
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Wide eyed reverie
Big #bountiful memories
Hands on hip guidance
Swirling circles in circles
Libidinal hypnosis
#vss365 #prompt #haiku #tanka
#TankaThursday
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musty cardboard box
pictures of my sons as boys
smiling at soccer
the hollow clang of my chest
as my hands touch their faces
#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
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memory
just two photos sent
that worn porch
middle of the day
and I cannot breathe
#TankaThursday #tanka #haiku #senryu #poetry #Micropoetry #SmallPoems
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#Numb my #memory
of a once #bountiful life
#destroy the remnants
the constant #dreary turned strife
he's #flabbergasted I left
#inkmine
#TankaThursday
#vss365
#WIPSnips
#emoetry
#tanka
#poetry
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