polloscope.blogspot.com
rippled across Argo's pool,
flowing off the deck.
Aquarius put his back
into the Maiden's repairs.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 245
𝑐𝑜𝑏𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟
𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑
𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
#TankaThursday | #cellar
#tanka
𝑐𝑜𝑏𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟
𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑
𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
#TankaThursday | #cellar
#tanka
dim cellar light flickers
shadows cast
onto moldy damp walls
Ball Mason jar reflections
#TankaThursday cellar
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
dim cellar light flickers
shadows cast
onto moldy damp walls
Ball Mason jar reflections
#TankaThursday cellar
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
a fine masterwork hidden
in the shop’s cellar
cracked by a warrior’s pride
waiting for restoration
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
a fine masterwork hidden
in the shop’s cellar
cracked by a warrior’s pride
waiting for restoration
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
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
November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
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
rippled across Argo's pool,
flowing off the deck.
Aquarius put his back
into the Maiden's repairs.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 245
rippled across Argo's pool,
flowing off the deck.
Aquarius put his back
into the Maiden's repairs.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 245
Terra's grip did not falter
from the scepter's hilt.
Andromeda called to her,
"Take my hand! Terra said, "No!"
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 244
Terra's grip did not falter
from the scepter's hilt.
Andromeda called to her,
"Take my hand! Terra said, "No!"
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 244
To celebrate, why not submit your monoku for inclusion in a free poetry collection?
👉 give your best ghost a high five and check my post for the deets
buymeacoffee.com/anneapart/submit-your-onelineoctober-haiku
To celebrate, why not submit your monoku for inclusion in a free poetry collection?
👉 give your best ghost a high five and check my post for the deets
buymeacoffee.com/anneapart/submit-your-onelineoctober-haiku
Shingle witches come. Ghosts - shanty crew & lost promenaders.
Serpents, pooks, & lickle monsters too shy for names.
We do a scarytelling. Ooh, grim fates, dark mischiefs.
Course, she says, the frightiest tales is from yer newspapers.
#inkMine #whistpr
one of her bravest creatures
from earth to the sky
without a stellar shepherd
pride of Orion lingers
Image credit: Stellarium mobile
#stellarium #tanka
one of her bravest creatures
from earth to the sky
without a stellar shepherd
pride of Orion lingers
Image credit: Stellarium mobile
#stellarium #tanka
sealed and disguised in barrels
to trick the thirsty
Ophiuchus caused sisters
to transform into gorgons
#TankaThursday
sealed and disguised in barrels
to trick the thirsty
Ophiuchus caused sisters
to transform into gorgons
#TankaThursday
October 30, 2025
this week’s prompt:
curse
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
October 30, 2025
this week’s prompt:
curse
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
Terra toward the wormhole
saying, "Let go, child!"
When Terra saw a serpent
coil the scepter, she slapped it.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 243
Terra toward the wormhole
saying, "Let go, child!"
When Terra saw a serpent
coil the scepter, she slapped it.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 243
only just misses me
this lady yells
oh my god you're alive
so glad for me
#TankaThursday (pinecone)
#truestory
only just misses me
this lady yells
oh my god you're alive
so glad for me
#TankaThursday (pinecone)
#truestory
watches me step out
of the shower
i get dressed, take it outside,
give it a pinecone to eat
#TankaThursday pinecone
#5Lines #TankaPoem #micropoetry
watches me step out
of the shower
i get dressed, take it outside,
give it a pinecone to eat
#TankaThursday pinecone
#5Lines #TankaPoem #micropoetry
𝐨n t𝐡e r𝐨o𝐟. S𝐭a𝐫t𝐥e𝐝, I r𝐮n.
𝐖e w𝐞r𝐞 𝐭o𝐥d o𝐟 𝐭h𝐞 𝐬i𝐠n𝐬.
M𝐚n𝐲 𝐬c𝐨f𝐟e𝐝. O𝐭h𝐞r𝐬,
l𝐢k𝐞 𝐦e, 𝐜o𝐮n𝐭e𝐝
𝐝o𝐰n t𝐨 “o𝐧e”.
:·༄˖°.𓂂🍂𓆩⋆𓂂⋆𓇻🦉.ೃ࿔*:·
#FromOneLine 394 #prompt | I hear birds on the roof
𝐨n t𝐡e r𝐨o𝐟. S𝐭a𝐫t𝐥e𝐝, I r𝐮n.
𝐖e w𝐞r𝐞 𝐭o𝐥d o𝐟 𝐭h𝐞 𝐬i𝐠n𝐬.
M𝐚n𝐲 𝐬c𝐨f𝐟e𝐝. O𝐭h𝐞r𝐬,
l𝐢k𝐞 𝐦e, 𝐜o𝐮n𝐭e𝐝
𝐝o𝐰n t𝐨 “o𝐧e”.
:·༄˖°.𓂂🍂𓆩⋆𓂂⋆𓇻🦉.ೃ࿔*:·
#FromOneLine 394 #prompt | I hear birds on the roof
Helle and Phrixus find pine cones
rolling down the path
destiny of Colchis twins
trailing toward the ocean
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
Helle and Phrixus find pine cones
rolling down the path
destiny of Colchis twins
trailing toward the ocean
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
October 16, 2025
this week’s prompt:
pinecone
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
October 16, 2025
this week’s prompt:
pinecone
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
through the wormhole's opening
and she saw Polly.
She said, "What arts are at play?"
Polly turned to her.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 242
through the wormhole's opening
and she saw Polly.
She said, "What arts are at play?"
Polly turned to her.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 242
rich habitable meadows
burned for a message
vengeance of Ophiuchus
sinking deep into scorched earth
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
rich habitable meadows
burned for a message
vengeance of Ophiuchus
sinking deep into scorched earth
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
a beacon flashing
a message
into the darkness
of the world’s long night
By M. Kei
#tanka #5lines #tankapoem #poetry
#TankaThursday message
a beacon flashing
a message
into the darkness
of the world’s long night
By M. Kei
#tanka #5lines #tankapoem #poetry
#TankaThursday message
October 9, 2025
this week’s prompt:
message
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
October 9, 2025
this week’s prompt:
message
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
Terra as their chariot
lost its golden mounts.
Hercules and Perseus
watched the automatons fall.
-Excerpt from Polloscope, 241
Terra as their chariot
lost its golden mounts.
Hercules and Perseus
watched the automatons fall.
-Excerpt from Polloscope, 241