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Drew's Poetry Prompts - 1. Poetry Prompt 1

p> Poetry Prompt 1- TANKA

Morning light greets me.

All color has washed away.

Leaves now out of sight,

Underneath the white blankets.

I remember the Stark words.

I hope I did this prompt justice.
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On 12/13/2015 at 2:07 PM, clochette said:

I don't know a lot about poetry but this one's sure nice (still can't believe you've got snow in Texas :rolleyes: )

Thanks Clo! :hug: (That's because I don't live that far south :P )

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DREW!!! Nice first tanka... hope you keep doing the prompts they are so interesting and challenging. Which reminds me.. I need to look at the next one...
great job!!
tim

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On 12/13/2015 at 2:15 PM, Mikiesboy said:

DREW!!! Nice first tanka... hope you keep doing the prompts they are so interesting and challenging. Which reminds me.. I need to look at the next one...

great job!!

tim

Oh, I plan on working my way through the Poetry Prompts :)

 

Thanks Tim! :hug:

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On 12/13/2015 at 2:19 PM, Reader1810 said:

I see the snow inspired you. hehe

 

Well done Drew!! :hug:

Yes it did. LOL

 

Today was a perfect day to write a Tanka :)

 

Thank you Reader! :hug:

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On 12/13/2015 at 2:53 PM, LitLover said:

This was great, Drew! Congrats on your first Tanka. :)

Thanks Lit! :hug: All the snow falling here, it just felt right to write a tanka about it :)

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On 12/13/2015 at 6:32 PM, Parker Owens said:

Well done. You help me capture what you feel and sense at that moment. Will be looking for more from you.

Aw! Thanks Parker! I've been looking at the different prompts from AC, and I plan to work on some of them this week. :)

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Nice poem, Drew! :)

 

I don't know much about poetry, and I don't really know the differences in AC's themes, Tanka, etc., but I really enjoyed this one.

 

I pictured the leaves that used to be on the trees, now on the ground underneath a blanket of snow. And I'm with Clochette -- I can't believe you have snow in Texas! lol Didn't even know Texas GETS snow! We don't even have snow yet (shhh, I'm superstitious!). It's been in the low 60s for the past week or so here in CT. Watch, now tomorrow we'll have a nor'easter! :D

 

Oh, btw, stop writing!!! I still need to read you antho!!! lol

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Good job, Drew! I'm glad to see you've jumped on the poetry wagon. It's a great way to express yourself. The imagery was great, and I look forward to more. Put two or three of these together and you can tell a connected story. It's great to see you writing more... keep it up... cheers... Gary....

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On 12/13/2015 at 6:47 PM, Lisa said:

Nice poem, Drew! :)

 

I don't know much about poetry, and I don't really know the differences in AC's themes, Tanka, etc., but I really enjoyed this one.

 

I pictured the leaves that used to be on the trees, now on the ground underneath a blanket of snow. And I'm with Clochette -- I can't believe you have snow in Texas! lol Didn't even know Texas GETS snow! We don't even have snow yet (shhh, I'm superstitious!). It's been in the low 60s for the past week or so here in CT. Watch, now tomorrow we'll have a nor'easter! :D

 

Oh, btw, stop writing!!! I still need to read you antho!!! lol

Aw! Thanks Lisa!

 

I'm with you on not knowing much about poetry. But I'm learning as I go through AC's prompts, so yay! :D

 

And yes it snows in Texas lol. I live in the Texas Panhandle, and due to geography and climate, we get snow almost every winter. Granted, not as much as in Yankeeland :P But, it's enough to freak out anyone born and raised in Houston, hehe... coincidentally my college has a lot of students from Houston ;)

 

Thanks for reading Lisa! :)

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On 12/13/2015 at 8:36 PM, Headstall said:

Good job, Drew! I'm glad to see you've jumped on the poetry wagon. It's a great way to express yourself. The imagery was great, and I look forward to more. Put two or three of these together and you can tell a connected story. It's great to see you writing more... keep it up... cheers... Gary....

Thanks Gary! It means a lot. I'm definitely going to explore more of poetry :) From what I've read, AC's prompts are really interesting.

 

Thanks again Gary! :hug:

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Good job Drew! From what you've said, you'll be exploring writing poetry a bit more, so I will be anxiously awaiting more... I'm really glad to read a different form from you..

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On 12/13/2015 at 11:16 PM, Defiance19 said:

Good job Drew! From what you've said, you'll be exploring writing poetry a bit more, so I will be anxiously awaiting more... I'm really glad to read a different form from you..

Thanks Def! :) Yep, I'll be looking at the other prompts, I'll probably try out haikus next.

 

Again, thanks for reading! :hug:

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Hey Love, such a Nice View I Look while I am reading Your Poem. Me too don't know much about Poetry and their different styles. But I Loved Your Poem... Hope to see More. :kiss:

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I think the images are all very strong, and you have 'understood' that a Tanka is a personal poem, told from an 'I' point of view. Most people are more familiar with Haiku, which does not have a personal POV, and confuse that mindset when first coming to the Tanka. So well done there!

 

On your next one, I'd work on flow a bit more. Classical Japanese Tanka are all one or two sentences, with the break falling on or around the fourth line.

 

If you haven't seen them yet, maybe take a look at these

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On 12/14/2015 at 1:04 PM, AC Benus said:

I think the images are all very strong, and you have 'understood' that a Tanka is a personal poem, told from an 'I' point of view. Most people are more familiar with Haiku, which does not have a personal POV, and confuse that mindset when first coming to the Tanka. So well done there!

 

On your next one, I'd work on flow a bit more. Classical Japanese Tanka are all one or two sentences, with the break falling on or around the fourth line.

 

If you haven't seen them yet, maybe take a look at these

Thank you AC!

 

I'm still getting my footing with this form. With practice, I know I'll get a better grasp on it.

 

Oh, I also want to thank you for posting those Poetry Prompts, they're pretty neat!

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On 12/14/2015 at 6:25 AM, Emi GS said:

Hey Love, such a Nice View I Look while I am reading Your Poem. Me too don't know much about Poetry and their different styles. But I Loved Your Poem... Hope to see More. :kiss:

Thanks Emi! :) The first day with snow, I felt the urge to write a poem about it.

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U painted a beautiful scene! Such a beautiful description of snow covering the leaves n all color being white washed by snow!! So nice...

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7 hours ago, Aviana said:

U painted a beautiful scene! Such a beautiful description of snow covering the leaves n all color being white washed by snow!! So nice...

Thank you Aviana! :) This was the first poem I wrote for GA, and I'm still kind of amazed people like it. :*) 

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You did more that just justice in this Tanka.  I loved the image you created.  It was as fresh and lovely as the new fallen snow it described.

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