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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
Ended April 30, 2022 • 14 Entries • Created by Uschibear
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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
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rlove327 in Poetry & Free Verse
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Through shadowed days

hunker while you must,

bear it for a time and dream

of green, barely born,

slipping free from wood in the

fragile sun at dawn: April

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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
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AGirlWithABook in Poetry & Free Verse
• 19 reads

For the Beauty of the Earth

Glory in the eye

of the beholder, so me.

I see You watching

when I meet my own eyes in

the mirror, reflecting You.

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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
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Finder in Poetry & Free Verse
• 30 reads

Sweet May

April kissed then told

her lips sweet her tongue poison

glad she's halfway gone

May waiting impatiently

in the distance looking sweet

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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
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gingersnaps123 in Poetry & Free Verse
• 14 reads

What April means to me

Crushed brown autumn leaves

that litter the fresh cut grass.

Blossoming tulips.

The smell of rain on concrete.

The return of chirping birds.

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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
ptopping in Poetry & Free Verse
• 19 reads

April

Solid ground is thawed

Frigid wind no longer moans

Daffodils come forth

Heads bowed to the rising sun

An old robin sang to me

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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
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CEH4255 in Poetry & Free Verse
• 46 reads

having a good time?

walking around in the mud

catching the brief sun rays,

just knowing summer's coming

and will be here very soon.

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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
318724 in Poetry & Free Verse
• 21 reads

April

The world aflame now

purple bursts through bursting green

the pink grin of flow'rs

Still my home more a hotel

but with you my heart does swell

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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
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DeAnn in Poetry & Free Verse
• 16 reads

lost

April is the month

right before disaster strikes

May brings painful thoughts

And the birthdays of dead friends

who I never get to see

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faithy in Poetry & Free Verse
• 16 reads

To be an Aries.

Instead of candles,

parties, birthday cakes, or gifts,

I get study guides.

Good grades and a GPA

Outweigh birthdays any day.

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Write a Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 Number of syllables per line. Write them on what April means to you no matter where you are.
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Uschibear in Poetry & Free Verse
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April

Showers discontent

Thunderous acute deluge

Joint deep, exquisite

Taxing, worrisome, shattered

Streams of unrequited pain

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