The Tanka Challenge Thread

[unpredictablebijou]

(lololol)

still speaking while you...?
goodness, that's not on, instead
turn her around, yes?
try filling her mouth - surely -
she can't get a vowel round that!

round that thick surrendered piece
of your flesh, my mouth can contain
all the self you are
all at once. It's the only way
I can swallow you whole.

 

[Tathagata]

round that thick surrendered piece
of your flesh, my mouth can contain
all the self you are
all at once. It's the only way
I can swallow you whole.

whole armies rise
conquer
fall
in the instant it takes
my November hand to peak ( deliberate misspelling of pique)
your nipples interest

 

[champagne1982]

whole armies rise
conquer
fall
in the instant it takes
my November hand to peak ( deliberate misspelling of pique)
your nipples interest

Interest flies vulture
circles around belly
button oasis
and pubic shade palms
inviting me to take a sip

 

[Tathagata]

Interest flies vulture
circles around belly
button oasis
and pubic shade palms
inviting me to take a sip

Sip 3 times
a turn of the cup
after each
birth, life, death
today bitter tea
tomorrows chawan
awaits
empty

 

[bronzeage]

Empty vessels ring
a clarion song when they touch
belly to belly
on the shelf, but the sweeter
tune is the clunk of the full.

 

[denis hale]

aight

KNOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

Full at last, she burped,
ladylike on cooling spike:

"Puddin' Pop Repast!"

she told Boy Toy piece of ass,

tightening the bedpost ropes
held him fast... fast... fast.






ps...


Hi Lit People!

 

[LostBaby]

KNOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

Full at last, she burped,
ladylike on cooling spike:

"Puddin' Pop Repast!"

she told Boy Toy piece of ass,

tightening the bedpost ropes
held him fast... fast... fast.






ps...


Hi Lit People!

Fast enough for you?
You like it like that don’t you?
You want more like that?
You sure you can handle it?
Hold tight, here we go again Baby!

 

[Remec]

Fast enough for you?
You like it like that don’t you?
You want more like that?
You sure you can handle it?
Hold tight, here we go again Baby!

"Baby?" She always
called me baby when wanting
something from me. And
I didn't mind in the least,
"Yes, Mom? Tell me what you need."

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

"Baby?" She always
called me baby when wanting
something from me. And
I didn't mind in the least,
"Yes, Mom? Tell me what you need."

Need me, hold me,
feed me, scold me,
bleed me, fold me,
make me sigh.
take me, make me,
do me wrong
shake me, wake me,
same old song.

 

[Aquelle]

Tanka does not fit
Not my crimes and not my rhymes
Tanka does not fit
I can't paint my words this way
Need a canvas that will breathe

 

[Aquelle]

Tanka cannons roar
Deafening, you can't ignore
Tanka's thunderclap
Armies rumble 'cross the map
You're caught in the tanka trap

 

[AlinaX]

eighteen years... this thread
has matured and lost its way
and connectedness
hush! a serpent awakens
to the trembling of a tail

 

[Aquelle]

"Tail" of woe I guess
I fucked up this Tanka thread
i just thought I could
Write some tankas just for fun
Guess I never read the rules

 

[SmilingLez]

In a porcelain tub,
Two lovers in bubbles laugh,
Warmth of skin on skin,
Chandelier’s soft light dances,
Lipstick stains on glasses glow.

 

[Aquelle]

Glow worms perforate
my heart, as they drain my soul
Drop by drop I die
Grief drowns me in my own blood
I murdered the Tanka Thread

 

[AlinaX]

thread the needle quick!
there’s time yet to rescue this
ruled poetry chain
(there is another place here
where free range tankas do thrive)

 

[Aquelle]

Thrive and stay alive
Post another tanka here
You'll be glad you did
Tanka, it will lift your soul
Raise you up into the skies

 

[SmilingLez]

Silent predator,
In every breath, I observe —
Your secrets become mine.
I watch you in the darkness,
A ghost behind the screen's glare.

 

[AlinaX]

Glare? Skies was the last
and beneath this very sky
I see to the last
Beyond the blue is a shroud
over long-forgotten stars

 

[Angeline]

I welcome my ghosts.
Memories people the life
I once lived with them.
They shiver by on the wind,
just there past the fallen leaves.

 

[kreemi_pi]

Leaves are falling now
Red and gold they paint the ground
Swathes of fire blaze bold
Autumn means a change arrives
Soon a world engulfed in white

 

[SmilingLez]

Whispers in the dark,
Slow teasing ignites us both,
You hold my release —
Moments stretch like summer nights,
Tension blooms, yearning ignites.