Hello, blog friends –
It’s Tanka Tuesday, and today Robbie Cheadle hosts the challenge. She asks that we write a Tanka Puente, with the theme of best and worst. Robbie explains, “A Puente poem comprises three stanzas with the first and third being separate thoughts but sharing an equal number of lines. The second stanza is the bridge stanza and is a single line.” She adds that this single line may be a quote, and mine is one from Albert Einstein.
If you'd like to contribute your Puente poem, Robbie offers detailed guidance on the Tanka site. I've chosen to focus on current events. Not a pleasant topic, but it lends itself to the theme of "best and worst."
My poem --
It’s Tanka Tuesday, and today Robbie Cheadle hosts the challenge. She asks that we write a Tanka Puente, with the theme of best and worst. Robbie explains, “A Puente poem comprises three stanzas with the first and third being separate thoughts but sharing an equal number of lines. The second stanza is the bridge stanza and is a single line.” She adds that this single line may be a quote, and mine is one from Albert Einstein.
If you'd like to contribute your Puente poem, Robbie offers detailed guidance on the Tanka site. I've chosen to focus on current events. Not a pleasant topic, but it lends itself to the theme of "best and worst."
My poem --
REACHING FOR UNDERSTANDING
My heart hurts for those caught in the terrors of the recent hurricane. It hurts for those caught in wars that beg for resolution. May we all reach for understanding -- and offer a hand to our neighbors far and near.
Have a wonderful week and may blessings abound in all its forms...
Have a wonderful week and may blessings abound in all its forms...
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