Tanka Tuesday

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Welcome! Here are my attempts to write in the style of Basho. Thank you for being here!

heart and arms open
running free across the grass
old woman is bent

not searching, found love –
you’re gone, I cannot follow
fingers of light reach

heron stands alone
hovers over the water
reflection wavers

silence embraces
cold stars so far away flash
an owl’s lullaby

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Selma at Tanka Tuesday has challenged us to write syllabic poetry in the style of Mashuo Basho.

#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 32, Haiku Like Bashō, 09/30/25
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