Tanka Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge
TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 337, 9/12/23”
The poetry challenge is to write a syllabic poem inspired by this beautiful photograph by Terri Webster Schrandt.
I wrote a haiku and my first ever attempt at a Tanka for this challenge. I hope you enjoy them.
Haiku
Two boats on a lake I want to take a photo A Kodak moment Lesley Scoble, September 2023
Tanka
Little boats afloat glinting rippling ripples make gentle lapping sounds Calm lake together we drift The mosquitoes are biting Lesley Scoble, September 2023
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Thank you, Colleen M. Chesebro, for your motivating and inspirational #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge. Which is both fun and educational. IMAGE CREDIT Thank you, Terri Webster , for your beautiful photograph.
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright, (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
LesleyScoble.com 
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