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#Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, Specific Theme, 10/8/2024
Hi, this is Sadje, your host for this week’s Tanka Tuesday challenge. Today is the first time I’m hosting this challenge on Colleen’s invitation. October is a special month for me as it’s the birth...
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What is Rensaku?
Willow used a name I’d not heard before: rensaku. She said, “The Japanese use the word rensaku for any combination of two or more tanka that are somehow related.” Well, you know I had to look this up....
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#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge Synonyms Only & a Specific Form, 10/15/24
Hello everyone, it’s Selma, hosting for week 3 of #TankaTuesday challenge in the new series. I’m delighted to be here and I hope you join us. Welcome. This week we are writing a tanka using synonyms...
View ArticleSunflower Tanka is Open for More Submissions!
Hi everyone! Robbie and I wanted to give you a quick reminder that Sunflower Tanka is open for submissions! Please submit 3 to 5 poems. We’re looking for tanka (5/7/5/7/7), tanka prose, and...
View Article#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge: Word Garden, 10/22/24, #syllabicpoetry
Hello Everyone, it’s Lisa Fox (aka JadeLi) your host for this week’s #TankaTuesday Challenge. Recently, I drove north to Orchard Country and stopped at one of my favorite places, Cherry Point Farm and...
View Article#TankaTuesday Halloween Poetry Challenge, 10/29/24
Hi, this is Colleen, your favorite faery-word-witch host for this week’s #TankaTuesday challenge. I want to thank all of our hosts for the fabulous challenges! This has been so much fun. This week,...
View ArticleSunflower Tanka Submissions CLOSE 10/31/24
Just a reminder that submissions close for Sunflower Tanka on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at midnight, EST (Detroit, MI). Just a reminder: Using AI to write your poetry goes against our publishing...
View ArticleSunflower Tanka Submissions are Closed
Happy November! Sunflower tanka submissions are now closed. Thank you for sending in such amazing poetry! Your poetry will make this journal a huge success. Now, the hard work begins. We’ll let you...
View ArticleWriting, Poetry, & AI
Robbie & I fell down the rabbit hole of AI-generated text this week as partnering editors of Sunflower Tanka. Amazon says they will not allow authors to publish AI-generated text. I’m putting on my...
View Article#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge: Synonyms Only – 11/5/2024
Hi, this is Lisa, your host for this week’s #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge. This week is Synonyms Only. That means you will be using synonyms for the given prompt words. The poetry form used for this...
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