Polloscope
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Constellations translated into poetry weekly.
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Pinned
Chapter 249: “Heartstring”
Perseus carried Aries toward his crewmates. Virgo stopped Polly from attacking Perseus by calming Celeris first. Polly asked Virgo, "Why do ...
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Perseus carried
Aries toward his crewmates.
Virgo stopped Polly
from attacking Perseus
by calming Celeris first.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 249
Aries toward his crewmates.
Virgo stopped Polly
from attacking Perseus
by calming Celeris first.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 249
Perseus carried
Aries toward his crewmates.
Virgo stopped Polly
from attacking Perseus
by calming Celeris first.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 249
Aries toward his crewmates.
Virgo stopped Polly
from attacking Perseus
by calming Celeris first.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 249
Chapter 249: “Heartstring”
Perseus carried Aries toward his crewmates. Virgo stopped Polly from attacking Perseus by calming Celeris first. Polly asked Virgo, "Why do ...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Perseus carried
Aries toward his crewmates.
Virgo stopped Polly
from attacking Perseus
by calming Celeris first.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 249
Aries toward his crewmates.
Virgo stopped Polly
from attacking Perseus
by calming Celeris first.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 249
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December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
new constellations
free of yesterday’s burdens
sharing their bright tales
comfort for the night sailor
and a lonely stargazer
#TankaThursday
free of yesterday’s burdens
sharing their bright tales
comfort for the night sailor
and a lonely stargazer
#TankaThursday
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
new constellations
free of yesterday’s burdens
sharing their bright tales
comfort for the night sailor
and a lonely stargazer
#TankaThursday
free of yesterday’s burdens
sharing their bright tales
comfort for the night sailor
and a lonely stargazer
#TankaThursday
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
December 11, 2025
this week’s prompt:
burden
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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Tanka Society of America
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December 11, 2025
this week’s prompt:
burden
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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Tanka Society of America
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Tanka Society of America
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December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
December 11, 2025
this week’s prompt:
burden
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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Tanka Society of America
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December 11, 2025
this week’s prompt:
burden
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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night flight
as a small bird
star by star
I wish wishes
becoming light
#DailyHaikuPrompt (star)
#TankaThursday (burden)
as a small bird
star by star
I wish wishes
becoming light
#DailyHaikuPrompt (star)
#TankaThursday (burden)
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
night flight
as a small bird
star by star
I wish wishes
becoming light
#DailyHaikuPrompt (star)
#TankaThursday (burden)
as a small bird
star by star
I wish wishes
becoming light
#DailyHaikuPrompt (star)
#TankaThursday (burden)
Standing by the rift,
Boötes said to Virgo,
"Forgive this old fool."
Virgo asked him, "What old fool?
I only see you, father."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 248
Boötes said to Virgo,
"Forgive this old fool."
Virgo asked him, "What old fool?
I only see you, father."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 248
Chapter 248: “Fool of the Herd”
Standing by the rift, Boötes said to Virgo, "Forgive this old fool." Virgo asked him, "What old fool? I only see you, father." Atalanta said...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Standing by the rift,
Boötes said to Virgo,
"Forgive this old fool."
Virgo asked him, "What old fool?
I only see you, father."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 248
Boötes said to Virgo,
"Forgive this old fool."
Virgo asked him, "What old fool?
I only see you, father."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 248
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If yer wanna be free as a bird, Beach Crow tells me, try thinking like me.
All rules is bendy or breaky. And I don't do stripes. Good's mixed wiv mischief, truth wiv myth. I do irridescent.
Yeah, think inky thoughts luv, Beach Crow says. Bet yer've got a lickle bit secret radiance too.
#whistpr
All rules is bendy or breaky. And I don't do stripes. Good's mixed wiv mischief, truth wiv myth. I do irridescent.
Yeah, think inky thoughts luv, Beach Crow says. Bet yer've got a lickle bit secret radiance too.
#whistpr
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If yer wanna be free as a bird, Beach Crow tells me, try thinking like me.
All rules is bendy or breaky. And I don't do stripes. Good's mixed wiv mischief, truth wiv myth. I do irridescent.
Yeah, think inky thoughts luv, Beach Crow says. Bet yer've got a lickle bit secret radiance too.
#whistpr
All rules is bendy or breaky. And I don't do stripes. Good's mixed wiv mischief, truth wiv myth. I do irridescent.
Yeah, think inky thoughts luv, Beach Crow says. Bet yer've got a lickle bit secret radiance too.
#whistpr
Crossing Perseus,
Archer protected Aries
and readied her bow.
Archer commanded, "Don't move!"
Perseus said, "Look around."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 247
Archer protected Aries
and readied her bow.
Archer commanded, "Don't move!"
Perseus said, "Look around."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 247
Chapter 247: “Bowpoint”
Crossing Perseus, Archer protected Aries and readied her bow. Archer commanded, "Don't move!" Perseus said, "Look around." "These beasts wan...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Crossing Perseus,
Archer protected Aries
and readied her bow.
Archer commanded, "Don't move!"
Perseus said, "Look around."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 247
Archer protected Aries
and readied her bow.
Archer commanded, "Don't move!"
Perseus said, "Look around."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 247
Chiron’s handiwork
an electrical machine
one single button
charge it full of arts and push
for instant transportation
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
an electrical machine
one single button
charge it full of arts and push
for instant transportation
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Chiron’s handiwork
an electrical machine
one single button
charge it full of arts and push
for instant transportation
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
an electrical machine
one single button
charge it full of arts and push
for instant transportation
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
November 20, 2025
this week’s prompt:
button
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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November 20, 2025
this week’s prompt:
button
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...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
November 20, 2025
this week’s prompt:
button
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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November 20, 2025
this week’s prompt:
button
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
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Lightning cracked the dome
constructed by the air pump
sitting in the field.
Polly and Virgo lost sight
of Archer in the storm's eye.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 246
constructed by the air pump
sitting in the field.
Polly and Virgo lost sight
of Archer in the storm's eye.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 246
Chapter 246: “Gods & Giants”
Lightning cracked the dome constructed by the air pump sitting in the field. Polly and Virgo lost sight of Archer in the storm's eye. In the...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lightning cracked the dome
constructed by the air pump
sitting in the field.
Polly and Virgo lost sight
of Archer in the storm's eye.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 246
constructed by the air pump
sitting in the field.
Polly and Virgo lost sight
of Archer in the storm's eye.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 246
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𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑦 '𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ
𝑐𝑜𝑏𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟
𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑
𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
#TankaThursday | #cellar
#tanka
𝑐𝑜𝑏𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟
𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑
𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
#TankaThursday | #cellar
#tanka
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑦 '𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ
𝑐𝑜𝑏𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟
𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑
𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
#TankaThursday | #cellar
#tanka
𝑐𝑜𝑏𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟
𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑
𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
#TankaThursday | #cellar
#tanka
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shelter-in-place
dim cellar light flickers
shadows cast
onto moldy damp walls
Ball Mason jar reflections
#TankaThursday cellar
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
dim cellar light flickers
shadows cast
onto moldy damp walls
Ball Mason jar reflections
#TankaThursday cellar
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
shelter-in-place
dim cellar light flickers
shadows cast
onto moldy damp walls
Ball Mason jar reflections
#TankaThursday cellar
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
dim cellar light flickers
shadows cast
onto moldy damp walls
Ball Mason jar reflections
#TankaThursday cellar
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka
Sculpture of Volos
a fine masterwork hidden
in the shop’s cellar
cracked by a warrior’s pride
waiting for restoration
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
a fine masterwork hidden
in the shop’s cellar
cracked by a warrior’s pride
waiting for restoration
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Sculpture of Volos
a fine masterwork hidden
in the shop’s cellar
cracked by a warrior’s pride
waiting for restoration
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
a fine masterwork hidden
in the shop’s cellar
cracked by a warrior’s pride
waiting for restoration
#TankaPoem #TankaThursday
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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Tanka Society of America:
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November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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Tanka Society of America:
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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...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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November 13, 2025
this week’s prompt:
cellar
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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Trepidatious waves
rippled across Argo's pool,
flowing off the deck.
Aquarius put his back
into the Maiden's repairs.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 245
rippled across Argo's pool,
flowing off the deck.
Aquarius put his back
into the Maiden's repairs.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 245
Chapter 245: “Dual Departure”
Trepidatious waves rippled across Argo's pool, flowing off the deck. Aquarius put his back into the Maiden's repairs. His shifting focus lef...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Trepidatious waves
rippled across Argo's pool,
flowing off the deck.
Aquarius put his back
into the Maiden's repairs.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 245
rippled across Argo's pool,
flowing off the deck.
Aquarius put his back
into the Maiden's repairs.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 245
Returning to earth
Terra's grip did not falter
from the scepter's hilt.
Andromeda called to her,
"Take my hand! Terra said, "No!"
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 244
Terra's grip did not falter
from the scepter's hilt.
Andromeda called to her,
"Take my hand! Terra said, "No!"
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 244
Chapter 244: “Crossover”
Returning to earth Terra's grip did not falter from the scepter's hilt. Andromeda called to her, "Take my hand! Terra said, "No!" "Your dad ...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Returning to earth
Terra's grip did not falter
from the scepter's hilt.
Andromeda called to her,
"Take my hand! Terra said, "No!"
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 244
Terra's grip did not falter
from the scepter's hilt.
Andromeda called to her,
"Take my hand! Terra said, "No!"
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 244
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October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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OMG #haikufeels bffs! Thanks to you, #OneLineOctober was a pumpkin-smashing success!!
To celebrate, why not submit your monoku for inclusion in a free poetry collection?
👉 give your best ghost a high five and check my post for the deets
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To celebrate, why not submit your monoku for inclusion in a free poetry collection?
👉 give your best ghost a high five and check my post for the deets
buymeacoffee.com/anneapart/submit-your-onelineoctober-haiku
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
OMG #haikufeels bffs! Thanks to you, #OneLineOctober was a pumpkin-smashing success!!
To celebrate, why not submit your monoku for inclusion in a free poetry collection?
👉 give your best ghost a high five and check my post for the deets
buymeacoffee.com/anneapart/submit-your-onelineoctober-haiku
To celebrate, why not submit your monoku for inclusion in a free poetry collection?
👉 give your best ghost a high five and check my post for the deets
buymeacoffee.com/anneapart/submit-your-onelineoctober-haiku
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Bonefire's tonight, Beach Crow tells me.
Shingle witches come. Ghosts - shanty crew & lost promenaders.
Serpents, pooks, & lickle monsters too shy for names.
We do a scarytelling. Ooh, grim fates, dark mischiefs.
Course, she says, the frightiest tales is from yer newspapers.
#inkMine #whistpr
Shingle witches come. Ghosts - shanty crew & lost promenaders.
Serpents, pooks, & lickle monsters too shy for names.
We do a scarytelling. Ooh, grim fates, dark mischiefs.
Course, she says, the frightiest tales is from yer newspapers.
#inkMine #whistpr
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mother Gaia calls
one of her bravest creatures
from earth to the sky
without a stellar shepherd
pride of Orion lingers
Image credit: Stellarium mobile
#stellarium #tanka
one of her bravest creatures
from earth to the sky
without a stellar shepherd
pride of Orion lingers
Image credit: Stellarium mobile
#stellarium #tanka
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Mother Gaia calls
one of her bravest creatures
from earth to the sky
without a stellar shepherd
pride of Orion lingers
Image credit: Stellarium mobile
#stellarium #tanka
one of her bravest creatures
from earth to the sky
without a stellar shepherd
pride of Orion lingers
Image credit: Stellarium mobile
#stellarium #tanka
poison water curse
sealed and disguised in barrels
to trick the thirsty
Ophiuchus caused sisters
to transform into gorgons
#TankaThursday
sealed and disguised in barrels
to trick the thirsty
Ophiuchus caused sisters
to transform into gorgons
#TankaThursday
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
poison water curse
sealed and disguised in barrels
to trick the thirsty
Ophiuchus caused sisters
to transform into gorgons
#TankaThursday
sealed and disguised in barrels
to trick the thirsty
Ophiuchus caused sisters
to transform into gorgons
#TankaThursday
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
October 30, 2025
this week’s prompt:
curse
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
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October 30, 2025
this week’s prompt:
curse
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America:
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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...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
October 30, 2025
this week’s prompt:
curse
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America:
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October 30, 2025
this week’s prompt:
curse
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America:
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Ophiuchus dragged
Terra toward the wormhole
saying, "Let go, child!"
When Terra saw a serpent
coil the scepter, she slapped it.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 243
Terra toward the wormhole
saying, "Let go, child!"
When Terra saw a serpent
coil the scepter, she slapped it.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 243
Chapter 243: “Trust”
Ophiuchus dragged Terra toward the wormhole saying, "Let go, child!" When Terra saw a serpent coil the scepter, she slapped it. The serpent ...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Ophiuchus dragged
Terra toward the wormhole
saying, "Let go, child!"
When Terra saw a serpent
coil the scepter, she slapped it.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 243
Terra toward the wormhole
saying, "Let go, child!"
When Terra saw a serpent
coil the scepter, she slapped it.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 243
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giant pinecone
only just misses me
this lady yells
oh my god you're alive
so glad for me
#TankaThursday (pinecone)
#truestory
only just misses me
this lady yells
oh my god you're alive
so glad for me
#TankaThursday (pinecone)
#truestory
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
giant pinecone
only just misses me
this lady yells
oh my god you're alive
so glad for me
#TankaThursday (pinecone)
#truestory
only just misses me
this lady yells
oh my god you're alive
so glad for me
#TankaThursday (pinecone)
#truestory