Down the Local: a tanka adventure

May 6, 2025

Down the Local: a tanka adventure

Sneaky seagull spies
pint abandoned, chips exposed
pub raid number ten
scrums for crumbs, squalling wingbeats—
scavenging flock in full flight

_{Lesley Scoble, April 2025}

I wrote my tanka poem in response to Melissa’s Flash Fiction Challenge #319, inspired by the photo by david Griffiths on Unsplash.

To know more about Melissa’s prompt, please follow the link below.

Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #319

Enormous thanks to Melissa, for the inspiration!
I created the digital pencil & watercolour sketch from the photo by David Griffiths on Unsplash for the feature image.

Heartfelt thanks to you, the reader, for taking the time to read.

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18 responses to “Down the Local: a tanka adventure”

Sadje

May 6, 2025 at 5:02 pm

Very true to life.

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Violet Lentz

May 6, 2025 at 5:45 pm

What a delightful take.

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murisopsis

May 6, 2025 at 9:14 pm

Lesley you’ve captured the gull pub crawl perfectly!! I can even imagine the sound!!

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1. lesleyscoble
  
  May 7, 2025 at 8:42 am
  
  😁 Thank you, Muri! 🤗 I love the ‘gull pub crawl!’ 😁🙃 Why didn’t I think of that for the title ‽ xx
  
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  1. murisopsis
    
    May 7, 2025 at 3:32 pm
    
    Hehe! I think it is a perfect title! – You should use it!!
    
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  2. lesleyscoble
    
    May 7, 2025 at 3:43 pm
    
    🥳 I’ll write a sequel! 😁 The next ‘pub crawl poem’ is at the Blue Anchor 🍺
    
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  3. murisopsis
    
    May 9, 2025 at 4:08 am
    
    I’m looking forward to it! A long time ago on a different platform, a poet did a whole series of NPM poems based on goats!
    
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  4. lesleyscoble
    
    May 9, 2025 at 10:32 am
    
    Hee hee, thanks, Muri 😊
    NPM poems? I know nothing!
    
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  5. murisopsis
    
    May 9, 2025 at 1:50 pm
    
    NPM = National Poetry Month! It was a fun exercise. If the theme was love – it was goats in love, if they had to use specific words they were used in a poem about goats. Even the forms were done with a goat motif! He really had fun with it!
    
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  6. lesleyscoble
    
    May 10, 2025 at 5:19 am
    
    National Poetry Month—of course it is!
    I’d love to read the goat poems.
    I get the goat 🐐 quite often😂
    
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  7. murisopsis
    
    May 11, 2025 at 10:13 pm
    
    Hehe! I imagine I could see if I could see if he left his site up on Xanga!
    
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  8. lesleyscoble
    
    May 12, 2025 at 8:07 am
    
    😁🐐🤗
    
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Nancy’s Notes 🖊️🎶

May 6, 2025 at 10:02 pm

This is such a great verse, Lesley!

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1. lesleyscoble
  
  May 7, 2025 at 8:36 am
  
  Thank you dearest Nancy! 🤗🩷
  
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  1. Nancy’s Notes 🖊️🎶
    
    May 7, 2025 at 1:29 pm
    
    So very welcome!
    
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Melissa Lemay

May 9, 2025 at 1:12 am

“pub raid number ten” Haha! Sneaky sneaks. I love it!

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1. lesleyscoble
  
  May 9, 2025 at 10:38 am
  
  I thank thee! 🙇‍♀️
  
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robbiesinspiration

May 12, 2025 at 3:46 pm

This is hilarious, Lesley.

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