
Hi, for this week’s Tanka Challenge Colleen has asked us to use synonyms, and the two words we have to find synonyms for are – ‘Work & Play’ https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/05/16/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-320-5-15-2023/
Here we go, one freestyle and one syllabic poem 😃


I wish I didn’t relate to that first stanza……
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I know, but we all have to have a bit of drudgery in or lives its what makes the good times POP ! 😃
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Great use of the prompt words.
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Thanks Roberta 😊
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Wow, Angela! This is great! Your last two lines are quite powerful. And I love your haiku (?) in the yin-yang sign. Well done!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
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Thanks for your lovely comments Yvette ❤️
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Top notch!! Both are so good ❤
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Thanks Val, much appreciated 😊
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I love the symbolism. ☯️👏
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Thank you 💞
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Excellent, AJ, and very artistic!
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Thanks so much Gwen ❤️
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Very nicely balanced Angela.
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Thank you Sadje ❤️
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You’re most welcome
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Angela, this is exactly what I was talking about. I love the “senryu” at the end. It sums up the other two verses nicely. Well done!
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Thanks Colleen, glad you liked it 😊
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Both poems are masterpieces, kudos!
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So glad you like them Jay 😊
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Well done. I like the order you put them in as it reads as one poem, sort of like a haibun but with the first in poetry and not prose.
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Thanks so much for your comments 💞
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You are so welcome!
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Can we work together?
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Absolutely beautiful 💜
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Thanks so much Willow ❤️
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A pleasure 💜
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Beautifully done…love the balance 💞💞💞
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Cheers Dawn ❤️
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Love your take!
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Thank you, Melissa, ❤️
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Well done! We can’t have one without the other.
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Thanks Marsha 😊
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