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Uncharted Waters
unexplored ocean
tossing wildly around me
as i navigate
thunder roars; lightning flashes
i’m not intimidated
If you are interested, the prompt is linked below.
Inspiration Call: Tanka Tuesday
A Tanka is a Japanese poem and similar to a Haiku, however it has seven lines. Tankas are nature, seasons, love, and other emotions. Line one has a five syllable count, line two is seven syllables, line three is five syllables, line four is seven syllables, and line five seven syllables. In total it has thirty one syllables. It uses simile, metaphor, and personification.
The pattern for Tanka is the following:
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
Line 4: 7 syllables
Line 5: 7 syllables
Writing tip from: Writing Tips – Exploring The Writer’s Path
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Prompt: Inspiration Call: Tanka Tuesday
From the Window Seat 
Yes! That last line ends it perfectly, Tien! This is an outstanding Tanka!
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Haha, thank you, milady! I’m glad that last line speaks to you as it does to me 😉
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Raiding my past poems, might I say: Inspiration called today, I was not home, it did not stay. 🙂
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Haha, oh dear. I hope you would be home the next time it calls! 🙂
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Oh, that only happened once. And then it returned and inspired that short poem
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