Tanka #5

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I sat in a trance
moments of rumination
trumpets — in silence —
singing ‘life’s an illusion’
Oh wake up! The joke’s on me.

Phillip Knight Scott | © 2019

Written for Colleen‘s #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 150 #SynonymsOnly : “trick” and “spell”

Tanka #4

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I crept through the room

shadows balancing themselves

while slumbers stitch dreams

maybe vacant and thoughtless

I woke her up nonetheless.

Phillip Knight Scott | © 2019

Written for Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 148 #SynonymsOnly : This week we had “space” (room) and “empty” (vacant).

A Tanka follows the 5/7/5/7/7 syllable structure. A Tanka consists of five lines written in the first person.

Tanka #3

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Image by Susan Cipriano from Pixabay

I stared in wonder
as the sky swallowed trees whole
starting at the roots
before working its way up.
The birds didn’t mind either.

Phillip Knight Scott | © 2019

Written for Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 145 #PhotoPrompt using the photo above (duh). A Tanka follows the 5/7/5/7/7 syllable structure and is written in the first person.