ysabetwordsmith | Free Poem Day by Ariestess (Reply)

ariestess is hosting a free poem day today. Leave prompts and get a tanka. There are individual and collective perks for donations.

Not sure what to prompt? I recommend "The Five Hundred Essential Japanese Seasonal Words" which are used in both haiku and tanka. Just pick one or more things you like from that list. Frex, I asked for "cherry blossoms" (spring) which is my favorite; I've been writing these things long enough to know some of the terms off the top of my head.

I would really like to see folks support this project, because it's not only poetry but short-short poetry. Those are easy things to overlook in the mainstream, and easy things to boost with crowdfunding. Plus with a project producing tiny items like this, it's convenient for folks with a small budget; $2-5 is typical of what magazines pay for tanka or haiku (if they pay at all).