Eve Castle
@evecastle.bsky.social
I write poems & short stories. Published. Retired to Colorado ‘24. TX escapee. #Resist
I’m writing/submitting. Also on Medium now. Be kind, especially to yourself #SafeSpace
Host #TankaThursday #TankaPoem prompt since Jun‘19 #poetry #haiku #tankapoem
I’m writing/submitting. Also on Medium now. Be kind, especially to yourself #SafeSpace
Host #TankaThursday #TankaPoem prompt since Jun‘19 #poetry #haiku #tankapoem
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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
Reposted by Eve Castle
February 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by Eve Castle
It's Friday the 13th February
Today's #7syllablesentence #prompt is:
#flip — to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
Let's flip the superstition! 😉
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
Today's #7syllablesentence #prompt is:
#flip — to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
Let's flip the superstition! 😉
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 AM
It's Friday the 13th February
Today's #7syllablesentence #prompt is:
#flip — to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
Let's flip the superstition! 😉
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
Today's #7syllablesentence #prompt is:
#flip — to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
Let's flip the superstition! 😉
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
this body-mind
really knows what to do
knows when to rest
and when to sink
deep into the earth
— Gerry Jacobson
from 25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #5lines #tanka
really knows what to do
knows when to rest
and when to sink
deep into the earth
— Gerry Jacobson
from 25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #5lines #tanka
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
this body-mind
really knows what to do
knows when to rest
and when to sink
deep into the earth
— Gerry Jacobson
from 25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #5lines #tanka
really knows what to do
knows when to rest
and when to sink
deep into the earth
— Gerry Jacobson
from 25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #5lines #tanka
verdant scent
of an early spring
your aura
hovers over all
the days of my being
—Eve Castle, USA
Waka Society of America
2025 Premier Edition, #Waka in English
Thank you to editor an’ya
#micropoetry #tankapoem
of an early spring
your aura
hovers over all
the days of my being
—Eve Castle, USA
Waka Society of America
2025 Premier Edition, #Waka in English
Thank you to editor an’ya
#micropoetry #tankapoem
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
verdant scent
of an early spring
your aura
hovers over all
the days of my being
—Eve Castle, USA
Waka Society of America
2025 Premier Edition, #Waka in English
Thank you to editor an’ya
#micropoetry #tankapoem
of an early spring
your aura
hovers over all
the days of my being
—Eve Castle, USA
Waka Society of America
2025 Premier Edition, #Waka in English
Thank you to editor an’ya
#micropoetry #tankapoem
alighted
on a temple-bell,
a napping butterfly
—Masaoka Shiki
(Sept 17, 1867 - Sept 19, 1902)
Tr. Janine Beichman
#haiku #micropoetry
on a temple-bell,
a napping butterfly
—Masaoka Shiki
(Sept 17, 1867 - Sept 19, 1902)
Tr. Janine Beichman
#haiku #micropoetry
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
alighted
on a temple-bell,
a napping butterfly
—Masaoka Shiki
(Sept 17, 1867 - Sept 19, 1902)
Tr. Janine Beichman
#haiku #micropoetry
on a temple-bell,
a napping butterfly
—Masaoka Shiki
(Sept 17, 1867 - Sept 19, 1902)
Tr. Janine Beichman
#haiku #micropoetry
Reposted by Eve Castle
February 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Reposted by Eve Castle
a sky blue thread
teases at your neckline
romance unravels
—that kiss on the beach,
the heat off the sand
#TankaThursday romance #TankaPoem #micropoetry
teases at your neckline
romance unravels
—that kiss on the beach,
the heat off the sand
#TankaThursday romance #TankaPoem #micropoetry
February 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
a sky blue thread
teases at your neckline
romance unravels
—that kiss on the beach,
the heat off the sand
#TankaThursday romance #TankaPoem #micropoetry
teases at your neckline
romance unravels
—that kiss on the beach,
the heat off the sand
#TankaThursday romance #TankaPoem #micropoetry
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Winter's wild romance
dark, moonless nights
beguiling the artist,
confusing the traveler,
on the way home
#TankaThursday romance
#vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels
dark, moonless nights
beguiling the artist,
confusing the traveler,
on the way home
#TankaThursday romance
#vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels
February 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Winter's wild romance
dark, moonless nights
beguiling the artist,
confusing the traveler,
on the way home
#TankaThursday romance
#vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels
dark, moonless nights
beguiling the artist,
confusing the traveler,
on the way home
#TankaThursday romance
#vss365 #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels
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Thursday, February 12th ~ #Poetry #WritingPrompts 2/3
#HaikuChallenge Rebirth
#HaikuFeels Debut
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Huge maw
#MoonMystic A bit of you
#MPPrompt ⬇️
#OurPoetryX Troubled path
#TankaThursday Romance
#ThreeWordGenre Bruiseblue
#HaikuChallenge Rebirth
#HaikuFeels Debut
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Huge maw
#MoonMystic A bit of you
#MPPrompt ⬇️
#OurPoetryX Troubled path
#TankaThursday Romance
#ThreeWordGenre Bruiseblue
Today's #poetryprompt:
Open yourself up like a nesting doll. Take me through all the layers of you.
#MPPrompt
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Follow for daily prompts
Open yourself up like a nesting doll. Take me through all the layers of you.
#MPPrompt
I repost replies
Follow for daily prompts
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Thursday, February 12th ~ #Poetry #WritingPrompts 2/3
#HaikuChallenge Rebirth
#HaikuFeels Debut
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Huge maw
#MoonMystic A bit of you
#MPPrompt ⬇️
#OurPoetryX Troubled path
#TankaThursday Romance
#ThreeWordGenre Bruiseblue
#HaikuChallenge Rebirth
#HaikuFeels Debut
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Huge maw
#MoonMystic A bit of you
#MPPrompt ⬇️
#OurPoetryX Troubled path
#TankaThursday Romance
#ThreeWordGenre Bruiseblue
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#TankaThursday
#romance
candles and flowers
each evening on the table
not just Valentine's -
we may be in our eighties
but not too old for romance ❤️
#romance
candles and flowers
each evening on the table
not just Valentine's -
we may be in our eighties
but not too old for romance ❤️
February 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
#TankaThursday
#romance
candles and flowers
each evening on the table
not just Valentine's -
we may be in our eighties
but not too old for romance ❤️
#romance
candles and flowers
each evening on the table
not just Valentine's -
we may be in our eighties
but not too old for romance ❤️
Reposted by Eve Castle
our early romance
felt quite different
in those days
my stomach churned …
now he’s learned to cook
#tankathursday #romance #comictanka
felt quite different
in those days
my stomach churned …
now he’s learned to cook
#tankathursday #romance #comictanka
February 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
our early romance
felt quite different
in those days
my stomach churned …
now he’s learned to cook
#tankathursday #romance #comictanka
felt quite different
in those days
my stomach churned …
now he’s learned to cook
#tankathursday #romance #comictanka
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late afternoon
light and shadow falling
on the summer wildflowers
he gathered to spread
on her doorstep
#tanka #TankaThursday
#romance
light and shadow falling
on the summer wildflowers
he gathered to spread
on her doorstep
#tanka #TankaThursday
#romance
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
late afternoon
light and shadow falling
on the summer wildflowers
he gathered to spread
on her doorstep
#tanka #TankaThursday
#romance
light and shadow falling
on the summer wildflowers
he gathered to spread
on her doorstep
#tanka #TankaThursday
#romance
Reposted by Eve Castle
February 13, 2026 at 3:51 AM
a sky blue thread
teases at your neckline
romance unravels
—that kiss on the beach,
the heat off the sand
#TankaThursday romance #TankaPoem #micropoetry
teases at your neckline
romance unravels
—that kiss on the beach,
the heat off the sand
#TankaThursday romance #TankaPoem #micropoetry
February 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
a sky blue thread
teases at your neckline
romance unravels
—that kiss on the beach,
the heat off the sand
#TankaThursday romance #TankaPoem #micropoetry
teases at your neckline
romance unravels
—that kiss on the beach,
the heat off the sand
#TankaThursday romance #TankaPoem #micropoetry
Reposted by Eve Castle
For #TankaThursday
tanka weekly #poetry challenge February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt: romance
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
tanka weekly #poetry challenge February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt: romance
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
For #TankaThursday
tanka weekly #poetry challenge February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt: romance
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
tanka weekly #poetry challenge February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt: romance
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
Reposted by Eve Castle
dawn splits the #dark wide
in fierce #romance with the night
orange torn from wounds
morning gathers through the pines
brief as our bright breathing hours
#vss365 #tankaThursday #poetry #blueskypoets
in fierce #romance with the night
orange torn from wounds
morning gathers through the pines
brief as our bright breathing hours
#vss365 #tankaThursday #poetry #blueskypoets
February 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
dawn splits the #dark wide
in fierce #romance with the night
orange torn from wounds
morning gathers through the pines
brief as our bright breathing hours
#vss365 #tankaThursday #poetry #blueskypoets
in fierce #romance with the night
orange torn from wounds
morning gathers through the pines
brief as our bright breathing hours
#vss365 #tankaThursday #poetry #blueskypoets
Reposted by Eve Castle
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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
Reposted by Eve Castle
Cold cuts you bloody
pushing you to the limits.
You're free soloing
unknown landscapes, barefoot kids
hooves bouldering upon sky.
#tanka #tankaboutit #tankathursday #landscapes #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday
pushing you to the limits.
You're free soloing
unknown landscapes, barefoot kids
hooves bouldering upon sky.
#tanka #tankaboutit #tankathursday #landscapes #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Cold cuts you bloody
pushing you to the limits.
You're free soloing
unknown landscapes, barefoot kids
hooves bouldering upon sky.
#tanka #tankaboutit #tankathursday #landscapes #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday
pushing you to the limits.
You're free soloing
unknown landscapes, barefoot kids
hooves bouldering upon sky.
#tanka #tankaboutit #tankathursday #landscapes #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday
Reposted by Eve Castle
Bristling tears rush down
The valley, fertilizing
Rich dirt for the trees
That speckle this delightful
#Landscape, and bless my canvas.
#tanka #tankathursday #poem #poetry #writingcommunity
@poetry-with-hart.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
I’m throwing in my glove into this rivalry.
The valley, fertilizing
Rich dirt for the trees
That speckle this delightful
#Landscape, and bless my canvas.
#tanka #tankathursday #poem #poetry #writingcommunity
@poetry-with-hart.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
I’m throwing in my glove into this rivalry.
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Bristling tears rush down
The valley, fertilizing
Rich dirt for the trees
That speckle this delightful
#Landscape, and bless my canvas.
#tanka #tankathursday #poem #poetry #writingcommunity
@poetry-with-hart.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
I’m throwing in my glove into this rivalry.
The valley, fertilizing
Rich dirt for the trees
That speckle this delightful
#Landscape, and bless my canvas.
#tanka #tankathursday #poem #poetry #writingcommunity
@poetry-with-hart.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
I’m throwing in my glove into this rivalry.
In case you read more than headlines and want specific details on this year’s rollout on upcoming changes to Medicaid, this article by the APA has specific details.
updates.apaservices.org/update-on-pr....
updates.apaservices.org/update-on-pr....
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
In case you read more than headlines and want specific details on this year’s rollout on upcoming changes to Medicaid, this article by the APA has specific details.
updates.apaservices.org/update-on-pr....
updates.apaservices.org/update-on-pr....
Reposted by Eve Castle
“Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming didn’t expand their Medicaid programs to cover additional low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, so they won’t have to implement the work rules.”
—Just another attempt to harm the ACA aka Obamacare
—Just another attempt to harm the ACA aka Obamacare
February 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
“Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming didn’t expand their Medicaid programs to cover additional low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, so they won’t have to implement the work rules.”
—Just another attempt to harm the ACA aka Obamacare
—Just another attempt to harm the ACA aka Obamacare
People must have zero financial resources to qualify for Medicaid. Yet changes requiring them to work/volunteer for 80 hours/monthly is coming. Many of them are caregivers for spouses/children that are 100% disabled.
Our country is in decline.
apple.news/AAQBz6KcBSa-...
Our country is in decline.
apple.news/AAQBz6KcBSa-...
New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard — KFF Health News
Republicans have said new rules requiring many Medicaid participants to work 80 hours a month will pinpoint unemployed young people who should have jobs. Policy researchers say the rules are more like...
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
People must have zero financial resources to qualify for Medicaid. Yet changes requiring them to work/volunteer for 80 hours/monthly is coming. Many of them are caregivers for spouses/children that are 100% disabled.
Our country is in decline.
apple.news/AAQBz6KcBSa-...
Our country is in decline.
apple.news/AAQBz6KcBSa-...
Reposted by Eve Castle
talk quietly
to your heart,
remind it that awe
and wonder
are also forms of love
🌙✨️
#poem excerpt: L.C. Goodwin
#micropoem
#art Hrannar Hauksson
#resist
to your heart,
remind it that awe
and wonder
are also forms of love
🌙✨️
#poem excerpt: L.C. Goodwin
#micropoem
#art Hrannar Hauksson
#resist
February 12, 2026 at 4:40 AM
talk quietly
to your heart,
remind it that awe
and wonder
are also forms of love
🌙✨️
#poem excerpt: L.C. Goodwin
#micropoem
#art Hrannar Hauksson
#resist
to your heart,
remind it that awe
and wonder
are also forms of love
🌙✨️
#poem excerpt: L.C. Goodwin
#micropoem
#art Hrannar Hauksson
#resist
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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
February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt:
romance
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