Hand me down that tool,
Let me have a #crack instead.
Watch me make a mark;
Step aside and let me try,
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 show you how it's done.
🪓 ✨
#WSS366 #DailyPrompt #Tanka #PoetrySky #FiveLines #MicroPoem #TakeAChance #WritingCommunity #MicroWriting
Let me have a #crack instead.
Watch me make a mark;
Step aside and let me try,
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 show you how it's done.
🪓 ✨
#WSS366 #DailyPrompt #Tanka #PoetrySky #FiveLines #MicroPoem #TakeAChance #WritingCommunity #MicroWriting
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October 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Hand me down that tool,
Let me have a #crack instead.
Watch me make a mark;
Step aside and let me try,
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 show you how it's done.
🪓 ✨
#WSS366 #DailyPrompt #Tanka #PoetrySky #FiveLines #MicroPoem #TakeAChance #WritingCommunity #MicroWriting
Let me have a #crack instead.
Watch me make a mark;
Step aside and let me try,
𝘐'𝘭𝘭 show you how it's done.
🪓 ✨
#WSS366 #DailyPrompt #Tanka #PoetrySky #FiveLines #MicroPoem #TakeAChance #WritingCommunity #MicroWriting
soon i'll drink
the last of your coffee
air con thrumming—
the musty smell
trapped in the carpet
#tanka #fivelines #tankapoem #poetry #vss365
#tanka #fivelines #tankapoem #poetry #vss365
October 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
soon i'll drink
the last of your coffee
air con thrumming—
the musty smell
trapped in the carpet
#tanka #fivelines #tankapoem #poetry #vss365
#tanka #fivelines #tankapoem #poetry #vss365
you declare me
wanting a heart
bound in baling wire
i clear the last of the roots
and tamp down the dirt
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #poem #micropoem
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #poem #micropoem
October 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
you declare me
wanting a heart
bound in baling wire
i clear the last of the roots
and tamp down the dirt
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #poem #micropoem
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #poem #micropoem
fridge magnets
decade-old pictures
your love note
my fingers
tacky with glue
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
decade-old pictures
your love note
my fingers
tacky with glue
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
October 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
fridge magnets
decade-old pictures
your love note
my fingers
tacky with glue
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
decade-old pictures
your love note
my fingers
tacky with glue
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
a nocturne
unwound and tinny
fulvous music sheets
i stand en pointe
to your unrelenting stare
#fivelines #tanka #tankapoem #vss365
unwound and tinny
fulvous music sheets
i stand en pointe
to your unrelenting stare
#fivelines #tanka #tankapoem #vss365
September 30, 2026 at 2:49 PM
a nocturne
unwound and tinny
fulvous music sheets
i stand en pointe
to your unrelenting stare
#fivelines #tanka #tankapoem #vss365
unwound and tinny
fulvous music sheets
i stand en pointe
to your unrelenting stare
#fivelines #tanka #tankapoem #vss365
rain smell
and exhaust
this overcast pre-dawn
my phone
bathes me
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
and exhaust
this overcast pre-dawn
my phone
bathes me
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
September 25, 2026 at 12:21 PM
rain smell
and exhaust
this overcast pre-dawn
my phone
bathes me
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
and exhaust
this overcast pre-dawn
my phone
bathes me
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
in the pool
before dawn
my arms sluice the water
each stroke drags
the lead of you
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #micropoem #poem #fivelines
before dawn
my arms sluice the water
each stroke drags
the lead of you
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #micropoem #poem #fivelines
September 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
in the pool
before dawn
my arms sluice the water
each stroke drags
the lead of you
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #micropoem #poem #fivelines
before dawn
my arms sluice the water
each stroke drags
the lead of you
#tanka #tankapoem #vss365 #micropoem #poem #fivelines
mccartney sings blackbird
while i do laps
missed split time
i’m now near the age
my mother died of cancer
#tanka #tankapoem #tankathursday #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
while i do laps
missed split time
i’m now near the age
my mother died of cancer
#tanka #tankapoem #tankathursday #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
September 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
mccartney sings blackbird
while i do laps
missed split time
i’m now near the age
my mother died of cancer
#tanka #tankapoem #tankathursday #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
while i do laps
missed split time
i’m now near the age
my mother died of cancer
#tanka #tankapoem #tankathursday #vss365 #fivelines #micropoem
cider mills
donuts and hayrides
divorce decree stamped
when you were seven months old
you slept in your swing
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #micropoem #poem #vss365
donuts and hayrides
divorce decree stamped
when you were seven months old
you slept in your swing
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #micropoem #poem #vss365
September 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
cider mills
donuts and hayrides
divorce decree stamped
when you were seven months old
you slept in your swing
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #micropoem #poem #vss365
donuts and hayrides
divorce decree stamped
when you were seven months old
you slept in your swing
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #micropoem #poem #vss365
your to-do list
undimming
on the iphone
the garage an oven
i sweep the shaving from the floor
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #vss365 #micropoem
undimming
on the iphone
the garage an oven
i sweep the shaving from the floor
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #vss365 #micropoem
September 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
your to-do list
undimming
on the iphone
the garage an oven
i sweep the shaving from the floor
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #vss365 #micropoem
undimming
on the iphone
the garage an oven
i sweep the shaving from the floor
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #vss365 #micropoem
chopping the roots
of the tree that couldn’t grow
approaching whine
the white suv wavers
in the afternoon heat
#tanka #tankapoem #poetry #micropoem #fivelines #vss365
of the tree that couldn’t grow
approaching whine
the white suv wavers
in the afternoon heat
#tanka #tankapoem #poetry #micropoem #fivelines #vss365
September 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
chopping the roots
of the tree that couldn’t grow
approaching whine
the white suv wavers
in the afternoon heat
#tanka #tankapoem #poetry #micropoem #fivelines #vss365
of the tree that couldn’t grow
approaching whine
the white suv wavers
in the afternoon heat
#tanka #tankapoem #poetry #micropoem #fivelines #vss365
i’m awake at dawn
stumbling to feed the dogs
the office chair
hunched over the keyboard
the cushion threadbare
#tanka #tankapoem #micropoem #fivelines #poem #vss365
stumbling to feed the dogs
the office chair
hunched over the keyboard
the cushion threadbare
#tanka #tankapoem #micropoem #fivelines #poem #vss365
September 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
i’m awake at dawn
stumbling to feed the dogs
the office chair
hunched over the keyboard
the cushion threadbare
#tanka #tankapoem #micropoem #fivelines #poem #vss365
stumbling to feed the dogs
the office chair
hunched over the keyboard
the cushion threadbare
#tanka #tankapoem #micropoem #fivelines #poem #vss365
inside the locked
desk drawer, under paper clips
the ledger
you tell me the key is gone
and talk about vacations
#tanka #micropoem #fivelines #poem #vss365
desk drawer, under paper clips
the ledger
you tell me the key is gone
and talk about vacations
#tanka #micropoem #fivelines #poem #vss365
August 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
inside the locked
desk drawer, under paper clips
the ledger
you tell me the key is gone
and talk about vacations
#tanka #micropoem #fivelines #poem #vss365
desk drawer, under paper clips
the ledger
you tell me the key is gone
and talk about vacations
#tanka #micropoem #fivelines #poem #vss365
the sunflowers wilt
in metal horse troughs
i tilt the watering can
high in the eaves
wasps have built a nest
#TankaThursday #poem #vss365 #fivelines #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
in metal horse troughs
i tilt the watering can
high in the eaves
wasps have built a nest
#TankaThursday #poem #vss365 #fivelines #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
August 27, 2026 at 3:50 PM
the sunflowers wilt
in metal horse troughs
i tilt the watering can
high in the eaves
wasps have built a nest
#TankaThursday #poem #vss365 #fivelines #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
in metal horse troughs
i tilt the watering can
high in the eaves
wasps have built a nest
#TankaThursday #poem #vss365 #fivelines #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
they play hacky sack
at city park
in the near dark
my hand keeps writing
at the metal picnic table
#tanka #fivelines #poem #poetry #micropoem #vss365
at city park
in the near dark
my hand keeps writing
at the metal picnic table
#tanka #fivelines #poem #poetry #micropoem #vss365
August 26, 2026 at 2:02 AM
they play hacky sack
at city park
in the near dark
my hand keeps writing
at the metal picnic table
#tanka #fivelines #poem #poetry #micropoem #vss365
at city park
in the near dark
my hand keeps writing
at the metal picnic table
#tanka #fivelines #poem #poetry #micropoem #vss365
the interview over
my hands still talking
my face on the screen
why won’t my mouth
stop spitting words?
#tanka #poem #fivelines #micropoem #vss365
my hands still talking
my face on the screen
why won’t my mouth
stop spitting words?
#tanka #poem #fivelines #micropoem #vss365
August 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
the interview over
my hands still talking
my face on the screen
why won’t my mouth
stop spitting words?
#tanka #poem #fivelines #micropoem #vss365
my hands still talking
my face on the screen
why won’t my mouth
stop spitting words?
#tanka #poem #fivelines #micropoem #vss365
how evil such things play out
you and me talking jailbreaks
the danger of making things
that make things
then you point and say "Look at the moon!"
#kyoka #vss365 #tanka #fivelines
you and me talking jailbreaks
the danger of making things
that make things
then you point and say "Look at the moon!"
#kyoka #vss365 #tanka #fivelines
August 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
how evil such things play out
you and me talking jailbreaks
the danger of making things
that make things
then you point and say "Look at the moon!"
#kyoka #vss365 #tanka #fivelines
you and me talking jailbreaks
the danger of making things
that make things
then you point and say "Look at the moon!"
#kyoka #vss365 #tanka #fivelines
he remembers
the skin of his lover's wrists
thin as the leaf
that fluttered from his shot
the first time he killed a deer
#kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #tanka #fivelines
the skin of his lover's wrists
thin as the leaf
that fluttered from his shot
the first time he killed a deer
#kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #tanka #fivelines
July 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
he remembers
the skin of his lover's wrists
thin as the leaf
that fluttered from his shot
the first time he killed a deer
#kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #tanka #fivelines
the skin of his lover's wrists
thin as the leaf
that fluttered from his shot
the first time he killed a deer
#kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #tanka #fivelines
wondering how
my cat sees colors
what its like
for twilight to be
day
#kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #fivelines
my cat sees colors
what its like
for twilight to be
day
#kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #fivelines
July 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
wondering how
my cat sees colors
what its like
for twilight to be
day
#kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #fivelines
my cat sees colors
what its like
for twilight to be
day
#kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #fivelines
.
Octavio, Jacques
Eduardo and Charles
the first European renga
so much counting that
they lose sight of the words
.
#haiku #renga #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #fivelines
Octavio, Jacques
Eduardo and Charles
the first European renga
so much counting that
they lose sight of the words
.
#haiku #renga #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #fivelines
July 1, 2026 at 12:13 PM
.
Octavio, Jacques
Eduardo and Charles
the first European renga
so much counting that
they lose sight of the words
.
#haiku #renga #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #fivelines
Octavio, Jacques
Eduardo and Charles
the first European renga
so much counting that
they lose sight of the words
.
#haiku #renga #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #fivelines
.
no masks
visitors will stink
and drink lots of booze
the sermon starts
with toilet directions
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#renga #church #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #fivelines
no masks
visitors will stink
and drink lots of booze
the sermon starts
with toilet directions
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#renga #church #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #fivelines
June 26, 2026 at 8:34 AM
.
no masks
visitors will stink
and drink lots of booze
the sermon starts
with toilet directions
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#renga #church #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #fivelines
no masks
visitors will stink
and drink lots of booze
the sermon starts
with toilet directions
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#renga #church #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #fivelines
Here’s a response to this week’s theme of #cool from #TankaThursday- it also uses the form of an Anglo-Saxon #riddle poem. Thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social for hosting.
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #poet #poetrycommunity
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #poet #poetrycommunity
April 19, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Here’s a response to this week’s theme of #cool from #TankaThursday- it also uses the form of an Anglo-Saxon #riddle poem. Thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social for hosting.
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #poet #poetrycommunity
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #poet #poetrycommunity
#sunset #TankaThursday #tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #insomnia #promptcombo
#smallpoemsunday
photo my own
#smallpoemsunday
photo my own
March 22, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Here's my offering for the theme of #lighning – thanks to Debbie @cribbowens.bsky.social s our #vss365 host
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #tanka #tankapoem #fivelines
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #tanka #tankapoem #fivelines
March 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Here's my offering for the theme of #lighning – thanks to Debbie @cribbowens.bsky.social s our #vss365 host
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #tanka #tankapoem #fivelines
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #tanka #tankapoem #fivelines
#TankaThursday #memory thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
#smallpoemsunday
thanks to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #poet #poetrycommunity
#smallpoemsunday
thanks to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
#tanka #tankapoem #fivelines #poet #poetrycommunity
March 8, 2026 at 10:21 AM