#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 216 #SYNONYMSONLY

It is Tuesday and time to get your syllables in a row with Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Tanka Challenge.. this week I was honoured to select the two prompt words..Eager and Hope.. and you just need to find synonyms to include in your poem…I hope you will participate.. it is great fun and inspires creativity.

🎃Word Craft: Prose & Poetry🎃

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This week, SALLY CRONIN selected the words:

Eager & Hope

Remember… You must use synonyms for these two words in your poem, don’t use the words themselves. Check your poetry forms… Japanese poetry has rules. Review the cheat sheet below. ❤

For the Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, you can write your poem in the forms defined on the Poetry Challenge Cheat sheet below:

View Cheatsheet

Here are some sites that will help you write your poetry and count syllables

synonyms.com

This site even has…

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