Send me directions
to the vast eternity
a map of the universe
so I can find you
when we no longer exists.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
to the vast eternity
a map of the universe
so I can find you
when we no longer exists.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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2025 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest
Honorable Mention
the zephyr blowing
through the wheat field
mom asks me
to describe her the sea
where she never was
Cezar Ciobica
Botosani, Romania
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
Honorable Mention
the zephyr blowing
through the wheat field
mom asks me
to describe her the sea
where she never was
Cezar Ciobica
Botosani, Romania
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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sundown
the unmistakable silhouette
of a snake 🐍
behind the curtain
at my window
#vss365 #tanka #kyoka #5lines #haikufeels #dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #3lines #senryu #wss366 #truestory😱
the unmistakable silhouette
of a snake 🐍
behind the curtain
at my window
#vss365 #tanka #kyoka #5lines #haikufeels #dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #3lines #senryu #wss366 #truestory😱
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Today the wind arrived
in a rush of leaves
fleeing the trees
as though chased
by an October demon.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
in a rush of leaves
fleeing the trees
as though chased
by an October demon.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
October 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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I read love poems
and totally sober
though drunk on words
I resist, I resist
calling you.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
and totally sober
though drunk on words
I resist, I resist
calling you.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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October 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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displaced country girl
out of sync
encircled by concrete
giving in to arid moods
letting go of poetry 💔
#vss365 arid
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out of sync
encircled by concrete
giving in to arid moods
letting go of poetry 💔
#vss365 arid
#tanka #kyoka #5lines #haikufeels #dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #wss366
October 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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a stink bug
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
October 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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sundown at base camp
by rancid moonlight
a lost scout
counts pinecones
with bare feet
#TankaThursday pinecone
#NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366 #vss365
by rancid moonlight
a lost scout
counts pinecones
with bare feet
#TankaThursday pinecone
#NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366 #vss365
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Cappadocia
the irresistible allure
of a skyline
of unearthly heights
and hot air balloons
#vss365 unearthly
#TankaThursday #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366
the irresistible allure
of a skyline
of unearthly heights
and hot air balloons
#vss365 unearthly
#TankaThursday #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366
October 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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the clink
as I drop each pine cone
into the bucket —
keeping the pretty ones,
isn’t that the way it is
Janet Lynn Davis
TSA Anthology 2016
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #tankapoem
#TankaThursday pinecone
as I drop each pine cone
into the bucket —
keeping the pretty ones,
isn’t that the way it is
Janet Lynn Davis
TSA Anthology 2016
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #tankapoem
#TankaThursday pinecone
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I die a little bit every day
remembering the things
we didn't do
and now
we never will.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
remembering the things
we didn't do
and now
we never will.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
October 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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lightly
the dung beetle
carries
the weight
of its world
#vss365 beetle 🪲
#tanka #kyoka #5lines #haikufeels #dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #verse #wss366
the dung beetle
carries
the weight
of its world
#vss365 beetle 🪲
#tanka #kyoka #5lines #haikufeels #dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #verse #wss366
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A red bird and a leaf
briefly race
tracing an invisible line
across the sky, too tired
the little leaf drops out.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
briefly race
tracing an invisible line
across the sky, too tired
the little leaf drops out.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
October 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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2025 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest
Honorable Mention
I still remember
the taste of coffee from a thermos
on the trail
now my only companion
a stone in the shoe
Maria Tomczak
Opole, Poland
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
Honorable Mention
I still remember
the taste of coffee from a thermos
on the trail
now my only companion
a stone in the shoe
Maria Tomczak
Opole, Poland
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
October 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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A tiny red leaf
waved at me
with exuberance
then soundlessly
and swiftly flew away.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
waved at me
with exuberance
then soundlessly
and swiftly flew away.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
October 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Not recognizing places
Freedom no longer valued
Struggling in life
Where morals are broken
Moronic thugs of greed
#5lines #tankaMonday #blacksky #art
#poetsofbluesky #writerscommunity
#makesomenoise
Freedom no longer valued
Struggling in life
Where morals are broken
Moronic thugs of greed
#5lines #tankaMonday #blacksky #art
#poetsofbluesky #writerscommunity
#makesomenoise
October 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Piranha nibbling sharply
Making dents of thought
Releasing crumbling messes
Where progress remembers
Crumbs that have fallen
#tankaSunday #vss365 (piranha) #blacksky #art
#5lines #blueskypoets
#makesomenoise
Making dents of thought
Releasing crumbling messes
Where progress remembers
Crumbs that have fallen
#tankaSunday #vss365 (piranha) #blacksky #art
#5lines #blueskypoets
#makesomenoise
October 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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another afternoon
of empty mailboxes,
not even a pigeon
to write its message
in this sky
—M. Kei
#TankaThursday message
#5lines #micropoetry #tankapoem
of empty mailboxes,
not even a pigeon
to write its message
in this sky
—M. Kei
#TankaThursday message
#5lines #micropoetry #tankapoem
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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each poem
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 at 1:50 AM
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Melancholy days,
traveling, filled with longing—
if I could not hear
the lonely cry of the crane,
it would be too much for me to bear.
#tanka by Takayasu no Oshima
translated by: Sam Hamill
#micropoetry #poetry #5lines
traveling, filled with longing—
if I could not hear
the lonely cry of the crane,
it would be too much for me to bear.
#tanka by Takayasu no Oshima
translated by: Sam Hamill
#micropoetry #poetry #5lines
October 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Crackled thunder booms
Letting energy growl brightly
Waking up lightening strikes
Stinging grounds by force
Radiating its fragmented lines
#tankaTuesday #blacksky #art
#5lines #poetsofbluesky
#makesomenoise
Letting energy growl brightly
Waking up lightening strikes
Stinging grounds by force
Radiating its fragmented lines
#tankaTuesday #blacksky #art
#5lines #poetsofbluesky
#makesomenoise
October 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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