#NaTankaMo 29 May 2026 gentle shades of grey horizon to horizon cool frenetic day evening glides in lassitude then inelegantly flops

from a tree the holy heron keeps watch #haiku #haiga

#NaTankaMo #TankaThursday 28 May 2026 you are here daydream of delight time turned back hearts in synchrony my hand held in yours

#NaTankaMo 27 May 2026 laughing with delight in childhood innocence we played peek-aboo knowing naught of sorrow or the evils of war

#NaTankaMo 26 May 2026 modern tyrannny will neet just retribution honour marches on valour of true Knigĥts of yore in fearless questing Justice

#TankaThursday 25 May 2026 brimming with moonlight a shell drifts with the high tide magical motion enchanted voyage of love while the shore sleeps unknowing

“The Vatican has also warned of the environmental impact of the Al race, noting the ‘vast amounts of energy and water’ required by Al data centers and computational power.” #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Economy #PopeLeo #encyclical #leadership #humanity apnews.com/article/vati...

#NaTankaMo 24 May 2026 one genetic choir humankind on planet Earth never losing hope for a world that hums with peace soulful psalm among the spheres

#NaTankaMo 23 May 2026 I miss your calm strength mossing the sharpest struggles gentle pillowing warmth in the small of my back strength'ning my life with your touch

the beautiful sunset doesn’t erase regrets shame reigns over old ugly truths at sunrise let’s do better #NaTankaMo #MayTanka 5/22/26 prompt: regret #5lines #TankaPoem #micropoetry Reworked from 2025 draft

#NaTankaMo 22 May 2026 history will show regret for war's betrayals wounding of Earth's soul reparations must amend in the healing balm of time

poked and prodded at my doctor appointment i didn’t cry - much i did ask to see the prizes for being a good patient #NaTankaMo #MayTanka 5/21/26 prompt: prize #5lines #TankaPoem #micropoetry #TankaThursday

#NaTankaMo 21 May 2026 #TankaThursday eqùal prize for all through each individual breath of life empow'rs Gaia's children span by span linked in global consciousness

#NaTankaMo 20 May 2026 time counts our minutes Earth's hours chime incessantly harnessing life's loves limiting the limitless power of Eternity

#NaTankaMo 19 Msy 2026 though they do delight flowers open to the sun just so they may live yet still they joy my senses with rich essences of life

stars like broken glass glitter in dark midnight skies Andromeda’s eyes forever face the cosmos within and without the earth #NaTankaMo

an antique mirror plummets to the ground sharp broken glass we will never forget who shattered us #NaTankaMo #MayTanka 5/18/26 prompt: broken glass #5lines #TankaPoem #micropoetry Reworked #tanka from Jan ‘2020

#NaTankaMo 18 May 2026 sharp as broken glass slivers of hatred pierce hearts justice bleeds to death slowly slowly inwardly withering humanity

#NaTankaMo 17 May 2026 differences exist that is elemental truth basic to our lives to be rare is usual so we live in paradox

#N̈aTankaMo 16 May 2026 time does not nap cave-held we watch with Plato under far stars birth to death like them we burn our spirits lightin̈g aeons

# NaTankaMo 15 May 2026 debris of the past words fragmented meaningles broken promises thus as ever Empires end while wheels of pow'r keep rolling

#NaTankaMo 14 May 2026 #TankaThursday where it all begins that insatiable first love baby & warm breast deep hunger & fulfilment agony & ecstasy

#NaTankaMo 13 May 2026 proudly tall it blooms turning with the God of Light sunflower rich in hope ripening seeds of liquid gold help & health for humankind

#NaTankaMo 12 May 2026 bliss to remember that cosy old cafe our time of young love aroma of sweetness & the warmth of your smile

May is National #tanka month. Please add tag #NaTankaMo &/or #MayTanka Daily Prompts May 12-17, 2026: 12 - café 13 - sunflower 14 - first love (#TankaThursday) 15 - debris 16 - nap 17 - rare #TankaPoem #5lines Tanka Society of America: www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

#NaTankaMo 11 May 2026 sadness of dismay soft slippage of syllables sliding sense of fear as cold wìnds of destiny draw shadows dark'ning The Way

the arms of the willow drape so lovingly i think of mother Fireflies' Light, Missouri Baptist University Issue 25, March 2022 One of mine for #smallpoemsunday Happy Mother’s Day 💕 #TankaPoem #MayTanka #NaTankaMo

#NaTankaMo. 10 May 2026 start with The Big Bang billions of Earth years ago arrive here & now still we waste wondrous life times in savage horrors of war

‪TANKA caring carnations chrysanthemums of kindness loyal lavender empathic anemones you, dear friend, are a bouquet. #vss365 dear #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommmunity #friendship #flowers tanka dedicated to Gail, recently published by the Tanka Society of America

big city noises night full of jet engines sounds of the highway —small town girl listens tries to recall crickets #NaTankaMo 5/9/26 prompt: highway #5lines #TankaPoem (original draft from 2014, unpublished)

#NaTankaMo 9 May 2026 time is life's higĥway time in global rotation orbiting onwards sunrise bleeds into sunset turning turning through aeons

Grandma’s lavender spirit. The #7syllablesentence prompt for May 8 is #lavender

#NaTankaMo 8 May 2026 years gone from me now your face blurred in memory how can I paint you held bright in eternity while grief dulls my lonely days

#NaTankaMo 7 May 2026 dew drops in the hedge shine like stars on spun webs under a full moon an owl calls from the oak & small field mice scurry

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May is National #tanka month. Please add tag #NaTankaMo &/or #MayTanka Daily Prompts May 6-11, 2026: 6 - stillness 7 - dew (#TankaThursday) 8 - paint 9 - highway 10 - start 11 - dismay #TankaPoem #5lines Tanka Society of America: www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

#NaTankaMo 5 May 2026 bodies made from clay in Earth's wonder we call life our deep belonging with vastness we call Cosmos travellers from Eternity

if final dusk sweeps me off this white day —my love’s flame will swim the cold water ash afire: dust in love (Reworked) Oct 2015 #5lines #poem inspired by: Love Constant Beyond Death by Francisco Gomez de Quevedo (1580-1645) #NaTankaMo flame Quevedo’s full poem in ALT (also original Spanish)

#NaTankaMo 4 May 2026 soulful joy flame flaring into life blissful hope heartfelt leap of longing love in eyes that linger

#NaTankaMo 3 May 2026 the wisdom of it one world for one human race genetic wonder full global revelation science showing we are one

#NaTankaMo 2 May 2026 cake on my birthday candle flames in hungry dance swiftly burn the years etching me in lonely age as death claims friends one by one

that spring the world slowed down a bit of cake a fork that held it all else was nothing Published: Bright Stars 5, An Organic Tanka Anthology M. Kei, Editor #poetry #NaTankaMo #MayTanka (This is about my mom’s last birthday cake. She was dying of glioblastoma. She wasn’t holding that fork.)

TANKA in the deep of night, an inner light I cannot see in too-bright day, A slow quieting of thought, welcome stillness of the soul. #vssmagic day #dailyhaikuprompt night #tanka #tankathursday #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #inspiration #meditation #spirituality #mindfulness

sun rises hot tomatoes ripen to red overnight my one and only child becomes an old man May is National #tanka month. #NaTankaMo 5/1/26 prompt: ripe #MayTanka #TankaPoem #5lines

#NaTankaMo 1 May 2026 Spring begins life that will ripen through Summer wondrous process comes to harvest in Autumn barns of wisdom in Winter

sunrise to sunset we give our labor, sweat & grind dusk to breaking dawn return to the living home let love revive the aching bones … Alt=deets #sunset #labor #sweat #love #home #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #tanka @evecastle.bsky.social

The sky bleeds over This dark, cracked desert road In slow, silent shades And we… are its witnesses On the edge of a new night #sunset #tankathursday #tanka

#TankaThursday 19 March 2026 sunset comes night ever follows rich darkness odyssey of dreams humus for the soul

Good morning BlueSky. It’s okay to rest when the world is harsh. May your moments of rest be glorious. #BlueSkyMonday #PhotoShareMonday

#TanķaThursday 22 March 2026 I watch the dawn & pray Peace will spread like ĺight claiming heart by heart eest to west & pole to pole may all wills pulsate as one