Here’s Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 280. This week Lisa, the VerseSmith selected the lanturne or lanterne format. Its pattern is 1/2/3/4/1 and has a shape like a Japanese lantern.
rock
heart-shaped
my journey
time’s collection
love
Lovely, Denise.
Thanks, John 🙂
😊
Love it!
Thanks, Annette xo
Woot. Woot. Great job!
scoxoxo
Thanks, Sandra xo
Beautiful! I love it!
Thank you, Eugenia 🙂
Nice, Denis. Rocks, solidity, time…
Thanks, Jacqui. Definitely all connected. 🙂
It’s a sweet love poem, Denise.:-)
Thank you, Priscilla xo
That’s such a sweet take on the form. So pretty.
Thank you, Lisa 🙂
So lovely in its simplicity, Denise. Hugs on the wing.
Thank you, Teagan 🙂 A bit of a challenge to write xo hugs back
It’s beautiful.✨
Thank you, Jude 🙂
What a sweet poem, Denise! I love it! 😊
Thank you, Yvette xo
A beautiful form and I “love” what you did with it, Denise. Simple as yet thought-provoking. Lovely poem.
It is a beautiful way to get a thought or idea across, Diana. Thank you xo
Nice one Denise!
Thanks, Balroop. I wrote several of them, but this is the only one I liked.
It is fun to find heart shapes in nature 💖
It is fun and there are so many!
Yes, there are. 🙂
A lovely poem, Denise.
Thank you, Robbie 🙂
Beautifully simple and simply beautiful <3
eden
*applause*! ~ beautiful, Denise!
<3
David
I loved this lanturne, Denise. Well done. 💜
Time’s collection…I so love that image. Beautiful, Denise. 💗