Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge – Week 12 – Summer & Beer
Summer Fun by Teresa Smeigh September 2016
Hot summer sunshine,
Searching for a shady patch.
Get comfortable.
Grab a cold bottle of beer,
Stretching out on a lounge chair.
Rules:
Simple Guidelines.
Take the two words “summer & beer” and write a Tanka Poem.
Tanka consists of five units, usually with the following pattern of – 5-7-5-7-7 which is syllables.
This is for the readers that haven’t tried writing a Tanka and don’t understand how to write one.
Line 1 – 5 syllables, Line 2 – 7 syllables, Line 3 – 5 syllables, Line 4 – 7 syllables, Line 5 – 7 syllables.
What is a syllable?
- a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
- You can use the picture above.
Copy and paste the link of your finished tanka in the owner’s comments.
Thank you, Tessa, beautifully written tanka poem.
Have a nice week.
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Thank you. First one. Have a nice weekend. It is almost here again.
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