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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · 19h

The lands of Indus
rich habitable meadows
burned for a message
vengeance of Ophiuchus
sinking deep into scorched earth

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 1d

each poem
a beacon flashing
a message
into the darkness
of the world’s long night

By M. Kei

#tanka #5lines #tankapoem #poetry

#TankaThursday message

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 1d

tanka weekly #poetry challenge

October 9, 2025

this week’s prompt:

message

write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

#tanka resources to develop your practice:

tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America:

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America

Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · 19h

Andromeda braced
Terra as their chariot
lost its golden mounts.
Hercules and Perseus
watched the automatons fall.

-Excerpt from Polloscope, 241

Chapter 241: “Through the Rift”

Andromeda braced Terra as their chariot lost its golden mounts. Hercules and Perseus watched the automatons fall. Sliding through the rift, ...

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · 5d

Old Auriga’s shop
lined with new sun chariots
drawing pure wonder
« One must be prepared, » he said,
« underneath ecliptic light! »

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Anne @annemorrigan.bsky.social · 10d

Looking for a challenge this spooky season, #haikufeels fam?

Why not try #OneLineOctober ? 🎃

There's nothing to fear—the haiku spirit is alive in one-liners! And if you want more info before getting started, check out this post:

https://buymeacoffee.com/anneapart/OneLineOctoberReturns

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 18d

Seagazing, I wonder. These sparkles must be telling secrets.

Nah, Beach Crow says. The sea whispers her lickle myths into shells. All about moons & stars & comets.

But that's how most water began. As comet ice flying through space.

Cor, says Beach Crow. That's why she's full of sky.

#whistpr

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The Mighty Athena | 🇳🇿 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 7d

𝙰𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝
𝚄𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜
𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚝
𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗

#tanka
Photography: @naztronomy.com

Tanka written in response/inspired by @aetherread.bsky.social post.

Photography by: @naztronomy.com; their post tagged with #astronomy #astrophotogrphy #pleiades (Alt-text from their photo: 60s of M45 in NINA.

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Aetherread post:

A crown worth defending.
Call the knights. Noir.
Receive my transmission. Revive me.
Queen of the stars. Sapphires. Seven.
0xE7134974

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My response:

Atlas bright
Upholds her crown of stars
Pleione spinning
Her message well met
I commune with The Seven

#tanka

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · 7d

The four gold charmers
could not hold up Virgo's scales.
They fell to the ground,
crushed by the weight of justice.
Every automaton stalled.

-Excerpt from Polloscope, 240

Chapter 240: "Stalls and Serpents"

The four gold charmers could not hold up Virgo's scales. They fell to the ground, crushed by the weight of justice. Every automaton stalled....

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · 14d

Goddess Astraea
there was once justice on earth
before your absence
now the sky rains heavy tears
a void in all hearts—open

#TankaThursday

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 16d

tanka weekly #poetry challenge

September 25, 2025

this week’s prompt:

open

write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem

#tanka resources to develop your practice:

tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America

Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · 15d

Virgo stood between
an automaton army
and Archer, their prey.
Eyeing the airborne harpies,
she spotted four gold charmers.

- Excerpt from Polloscope, 239

Chapter 239: “Melodic Justice”

Virgo stood between an automaton army and Archer, their prey. Eyeing the airborne harpies, she spotted four gold charmers. Observing the fig...

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · Sep 8

Beach Crow's crawking morning augurs at we passersby.

'Yer secret power's tea-making, pal. Savvy well the many milks.

Beware a dark doorway wiv stone dragons. Trip hazard, innit.

Today's a voyage thru time, luv. Mainly ten past three.'

On we hurry, feather tickles in our minds.

#whistpr #vss365

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · Sep 9

Inspired by the bulls
Andromeda said, "Terra,
raise up your scepter."
Terra hailed four golden steeds
with a wave of her scepter.

- Excerpt from Polloscope, 238

Chapter 238: “Rebellion”

Inspired by the bulls Andromeda said, "Terra, raise up your scepter." Terra hailed four golden steeds with a wave of her scepter. "No way, t...

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wild gorgon sighting
dark rumors spread over Crete
disappearances
and a lack of reporting
from the home of King Minos

#TankaPoem #TankaThursday

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · Sep 4

tanka weekly #poetry challenge

September 4, 2025

this week’s prompt:

dark

write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem

#tanka resources to develop your practice:

tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America:

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America

Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · Sep 2

Atalanta fired
arrows at any monster
straying from the pack.
She said, "I will clear a path,
close the rift with that scepter!"

- Excerpt from Polloscope, 237

Chapter 237: “Balance and Order”

Atalanta fired arrows at any monster straying from the pack. She said, "I will clear a path, close the rift with that scepter!" A fire-breat...

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you, Athena! 🌠♍️

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The Mighty Athena | 🇳🇿 @mightyathena.bsky.social · Aug 29

𝑡𝘩𝑖𝘴 𝘣𝑎𝘤𝑘 𝑎𝘭𝑙𝘦𝑦 𝑠𝘬𝑢𝘭𝑘
𝑢𝘯𝑑𝘦𝑟 𝑛𝘪𝑔𝘩𝑡’𝑠 𝑖𝘯𝑑𝘪𝑓𝘧𝑒𝘳𝑒𝘯𝑡 𝑔𝘢𝑧𝘦
𝘢 𝘴𝑡𝘳𝑒𝘦𝑡-𝑙𝘪𝑡 ℎ𝘦𝑑𝘨𝑒𝘳𝑜𝘸
𝘴𝑎𝘥𝑛𝘦𝑠𝘴 𝘦𝑙𝘣𝑜𝘸𝑠 𝑖𝘵𝑠 𝑤𝘢𝑦 𝑓𝘰𝑟𝘵ℎ
𝑤𝘪𝑡𝘩 𝘢 𝘴ℎ𝘢𝑟𝘱𝑛𝘦𝑠𝘴, 𝐼 𝑐𝘳𝑦 𝑜𝘶𝑡

#TankaThursday | #streetlight
#tanka #mobilephotography
#HorrorPrompt | #night
#RetroArtPrompt | #sad
#vssdaily | #elbow
#WildWalkPrompt | #hedgerow
#grief

A photograph taken from my mobile phone. This was in the middle of the night after quite the storm. The trees had fallen silent as the wind departed for other areas to howl at. The moon, high in the night sky - and surrounded by high cloud - peered at me, unblinking.

I am here on this plane of existence, and without my person. Grief doesn't go away - it changes, and deepens, and still has a tendency to catch you off guard with its sudden sharpness.

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · Aug 29

Virgo used to walk
the Eridanus river
tending her garden
a golden age departed
cool wind underneath her wings

Image credit: Stellarium Mobile

A woman stands tall with a wheat stalk in one hand and grain in the other. Behind her the stars of the night sky traced with the constellation pattern representing Virgo.

A woman stands tall with a wheat stalk in one hand and grain in the other. Behind her the light of the sun softens a sky blue atmosphere traced with the constellation pattern representing Virgo.

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · Aug 28

Aquarius raised
his point to Andromeda
a cosmic streetlight
guiding the stargazing eyes
of his most artful student

#TankaPoem #TankaThursday

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · Aug 27

tanka weekly #poetry challenge

August 28, 2025

this week’s prompt:

streetlight

write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem

#tanka resources to develop your practice:

tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America

Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · Aug 28

Mainalos tremored
as Virgo put Aries in
Archer's watch and care.
Polly and Celeris charged
the golden automatons.

- Excerpt from Polloscope, 236

Chapter 236: “Arcadian Space”

Mainalos tremored as Virgo put Aries in Archer's watch and care. Polly and Celeris charged the golden automatons. With a three-chord string ...

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Polloscope @polloscope.bsky.social · Aug 21

The shop is empty
save for a few chariots
being constructed
walls that used to house sculptures
repurposed by an old friend

#TankaPoem #TankaThursday

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · Aug 20

tanka weekly #poetry challenge

August 21, 2025

this week’s prompt:

empty

write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem

#tanka resources to develop your practice:

tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America:

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

Tanka Society of America

Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

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