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Prose & Poetry is an uplifting community where poets can learn the basics of writing Japanese and American syllabic poetry by sharing their own poetic inspiration within a weekly poetry challenge called Tanka Tuesday.
Word Craft Poetry Blog
7M ago
Find the #TankaTuesday 24 Seasons Poetry challenge on tankatuesday.com. See you there ..read more
Word Craft Poetry Blog
7M ago
I wanted to let everyone that this blog: WordCraftPoetry.com will be retired on September 19, 2023. I’ll let it revert to a free account until I decide to delete the site. I’m convinced many of my WP issues are because this blog is old. Several years ago, WP had to rebuild my blog. It’s never ..read more
Word Craft Poetry Blog
8M ago
I’m slowly transitioning Word Craft Poetry to this new theme for the 24 Seasons of Japan, which will start September 26, 2023. I could not get the Tenaz theme to work, so I’ve moved on. I can’t waste anymore time. I’m still having issues with the comments. Hopefully, this theme will make a difference. Yesterday ..read more
Word Craft Poetry Blog
8M ago
#Tanka Tuesday Recap from 8/29/23 Ekphrastic Challenge & the 9/5/23 Synonyms Only challenge ..read more
Word Craft Poetry Blog
8M ago
WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY 短歌 火曜日 I was so excited about last week’s (saijiki news) kigo prompt. I’m so proud of everyone who wrote haiku. Wasn’t it easy when you already knew the kigo words? Just remember, when we start the new challenge next month, we can use the seasons of the year and the ..read more
Word Craft Poetry Blog
8M ago
I’ve moved Word Craft Poetry back to a classic theme. I’m having issues with comments. I thought it was my keyboard, but it appears to be WordPress. In comments on the reader, on the sidebar, or comments from the main menu page, I’m not able to to type or to finish typing a comment. It ..read more
Word Craft Poetry Blog
8M ago
Many of you asked for more information on kigo words. At the bottom of this post is a new page I’ve created explaining the saijiki (a dictionary of kigo words), and kigo. There are numerous links and downloads for the Japanese kigo words. My goal for the new year in #TankaTuesday (starting 9/26/23) is to ..read more
Word Craft Poetry Blog
8M ago
I don’t say this often enough… poetry/writing challenges should be fun. Please don’t ever feel like you will let me down if you don’t participate in Tanka Tuesday or any other poetry or writing challenge. When a blog disappears, I like to find out why. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve had several bloggers/writers/poets ..read more
Word Craft Poetry Blog
8M ago
WELCOME TO #TANKATUESDAY! 短歌 火曜日 I was amazed at all of the outstanding poetry inspired by the sunflower photo from Terri Webster Schrandt. It was tough choosing only one poem. Check out the creativity from Sally! ??? This week, I wanted to share Selma’s Sunflower Haiku Series. According to the World Kigo Database, Sunflower is ..read more
Word Craft Poetry Blog
8M ago
Welcome to Meet the Poet, a Word Craft Poetry feature written to introduce you to the poets in our writing community. This is a way to get to know more about the poets and their work. Many of our poets have written both fiction and non-fiction and published and self-published their works. Some of our poets ..read more