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1. Weekly Poem Challenge 1 2 3 4 5

   By Tinker, December 24, 2017   

   • winter
   • christmas
   • (and 20 more)

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     • winter
     • christmas
     • politics
     • business
     • morning
     • acrostic
     • kwansaba
     • limerick
     • love
     • war
     • seasons
     • fall
     • words
     • political
     • humor
     • hadron
     • sin
     • fire
     • weather
     • food
     • place
     • childhood memory
   • 203 replies
   • 29.8k views
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   • bob
   • April 21, 2020

2. Haiku Fridays 1 2

   By RHommel, August 20, 2010   

   • haiku
   • silliness
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     • haiku
     • silliness
     • morning
     • food
     • weather
     • fitness
   • 94 replies
   • 15.7k views
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   • Tinker
   • February 17

3. HAIKU CHALLENGE 1 2

   By goldenlangur, May 28, 2009
   • 88 replies
   • 24.4k views
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   • rumisong
   • November 6, 2010

4. Sentences that make no sense! 1 2

   By rumisong, May 28, 2009
   • 70 replies
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   • T llDeac
   • November 1, 2023

5. TANKA CHALLENGE 1 2

   By Aleksandra, May 28, 2009
   • 62 replies
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   • goldenlangur
   • May 28, 2009

6. Blogging with haiku

   By Tinker, March 14, 2020
   • 34 replies
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   • Tinker
   • April 9, 2020

7. Sonnet challenge

   By badger11, March 9, 2016
   • 34 replies
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   • badger11
   • May 2, 2016

8. Verse Form Practice

   By Tinker, October 25, 2019   

   • compound word verse
   • aquarian
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     • compound word verse
     • aquarian
     • tanaga
     • tableau
     • odquain
     • bradys touch
     • tripadi
   • 34 replies
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   • badger11
   • January 15, 2023

9. Haiga Anyone?

   By Tinker, May 28, 2009
   • 30 replies
   • 7.1k views
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   • Aleksandra
   • May 28, 2009

10. February is Haiku Month

    By Tinker, February 2, 2022   

    • today is
    • haiku
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      • today is
      • haiku
      • celebration
      • nature
      • garden
      • politics
      • war
      • loss
      • cats
      • bureacracy
    • 28 replies
    • 872 views
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    • Tinker
    • March 1, 2022

11. A Poem in Eight lines, . Practice Here

    By Tinker, September 13, 2022   

    • silliness
    • nature
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      • silliness
      • nature
      • childhood memories
      • ambahan
      • oriental octet
      • ekphrastic
      • today is
      • home
      • global warming
      • place
      • health
      • aging
      • 8 lines
    • 27 replies
    • 972 views
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    • Tinker
    • May 12, 2023

12. Time to Write a Poem

    By Tinker, April 2, 2018   

    • us national poetry month
    • veteran
    • (and 11 more)

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      • us national poetry month
      • veteran
      • aging
      • caregiver
      • writing about writing
      • nature
      • today is
      • acrostic
      • star sevlin
      • than bauk
      • food
      • political
      • history
    • 26 replies
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    • Tinker
    • April 30, 2018

13. The Coast, Part II: The Waterside Lounge

    By tonyv, December 6, 2019
    • 26 replies
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    • A. Baez
    • December 12, 2019

14. The Coast

    By tonyv, November 30, 2019
    • 25 replies
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    • Tinker
    • December 23, 2019

15. 24 Syllable Challenge

    By Tinker, May 18, 2019
    • 23 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • Tinker
    • February 11, 2020

16. 2019 April is National Poetry Month

    By Tinker, March 27, 2019   

    • us national poetry month
    • 23 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • Tinker
    • April 24, 2019

17. Poetry Prompts

    By tonyv, May 28, 2009
    • 17 replies
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    • gurunAthan
    • December 8, 2020

18. 12.05.08 -- Rim

    By tonyv, May 28, 2009
    • 13 replies
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    • Tinker
    • November 16, 2010

19. Invitation Received From "The Tangled Branch" re "National Poetry Month"

    By tonyv, March 30, 2019   

    • us national poetry month
    • 8 replies
    • 1k views
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    • tonyv
    • May 6, 2019

20. Today is . . . . .

    By Tinker, July 2, 2023
    • 8 replies
    • 409 views
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    • Tinker
    • December 28, 2023

21. Poems from random prompts

    By Tinker, March 8, 2022   

    • ekphrastic
    • nature
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      • ekphrastic
      • nature
      • place
      • writing about writing
      • loss
      • spiritual
      • relationship
    • 7 replies
    • 618 views
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    • Tinker
    • May 16, 2023

22. Renga anyone?

    By Tinker, May 28, 2009
    • 6 replies
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    • goldenlangur
    • January 11, 2010

23. I'm Hungry, Feed Me a food Poem

    By Tinker, September 7, 2010
    • 4 replies
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    • Tinker
    • March 1, 2011

24. The Coast, Part III: Sunday Afternoon

    By tonyv, December 15, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 702 views
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    • tonyv
    • June 11, 2023

25. 13-line poem ( a-z )

    By Aleksandra, May 28, 2009
    • 4 replies
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    • Aleksandra
    • May 28, 2009

26. Metaphor

    By Tinker, May 13, 2020
    • 4 replies
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    • Tinker
    • June 20, 2020

27. Morning Poems

    By Tinker, May 22, 2021   

    • morning
    • nature
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      • morning
      • nature
      • home
      • coffee
    • 3 replies
    • 825 views
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    • Tinker
    • May 25, 2021

28. Pregunta

    By Tinker, March 30, 2013   

    • pregunta
    • question
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      • pregunta
      • question
      • humor
      • collaboration
    • 3 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • Frank E Gibbard
    • March 15, 2014

29. That Time of Year - Projacking The Pasture

    By Tinker, December 12, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 553 views
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    • tonyv
    • December 22, 2019

30. Let's Have Some Fun Write a CoronaSonnet

    By Tinker, April 22, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 797 views
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    • Tinker
    • April 27, 2020

31. Post Your Limericks Here in this Thread

    By Tinker, May 12, 2023
    • 3 replies
    • 599 views
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    • Tinker
    • February 17

32. Recent Obsession Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard Defamation Trial

    By Tinker, May 2, 2022
    • 3 replies
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    • tonyv
    • May 8, 2022

33. Quick Sonnet

    By Tinker, May 28, 2009
    • 3 replies
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    • summayya
    • May 28, 2009

34. 6.03.08 All Night

    By Aleksandra, May 28, 2009
    • 2 replies
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    • Aleksandra
    • May 28, 2009

35. World Limerick Day Today Thursday May 14, 2022 Join me?

    By Tinker, May 12, 2022
    • 2 replies
    • 583 views
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    • Tinker
    • August 10, 2022

36. Tinker's Poetic Forms: Tetrastich

    By gurunAthan, December 8, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
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    • gurunAthan
    • December 15, 2020

37. Tinkering with Tinker's Poetic Forms: Couplet

    By gurunAthan, November 27, 2020
    • 2 replies
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    • tonyv
    • November 29, 2020

38. No Method

    By dr_con, October 1, 2009
    • 2 replies
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    • Tinker
    • January 9, 2010

39. a contradictory pleasure of our main content

    By rumisong, September 18, 2010
    • 2 replies
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    • rumisong
    • September 19, 2010

40. Colorful Nonsense

    By Tinker, March 21, 2023
    • 1 reply
    • 390 views
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    • Tinker
    • April 3, 2023

41. Word Challenge January 2008

    By Tinker, May 28, 2009
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
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    • Tinker
    • May 28, 2009

42. chitrakavi Chitrakavi: Picture-Verse

    By gurunAthan, January 27, 2021   

    • picture-verse
    • arrow-bind
    • 1 reply
    • 936 views
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    • Tinker
    • October 28, 2021

43. Try a Verse Form from Southeast Asia - Here is a contest for fun.

    By Tinker, May 3, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 608 views
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    • jakecaller
    • May 4, 2020

44. Fire and Ice (Diamond Poem)

    By tonyv, May 28, 2009
    • 1 reply
    • 5k views
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    • Aleksandra
    • May 28, 2009

45. Saturday

    By Tinker, April 3, 2021
    • 0 replies
    • 822 views
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    • Tinker
    • April 3, 2021

46. Tinker's Poetic Forms: Variant-rhymed Quatrain 

    By gurunAthan, February 3, 2021
    • 0 replies
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    • gurunAthan
    • February 3, 2021

47. Tinker's Poetic Forms: Envelope Quatrain 

    By gurunAthan, January 9, 2021
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    • gurunAthan
    • January 9, 2021

48. Tinker's Poetic Forms: Monorhyme Quatrain

    By gurunAthan, December 16, 2020
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    • 706 views
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    • gurunAthan
    • December 16, 2020

49. What to Do About Molly?

    By Tinker, June 8, 2023   

    • briolette
    • cats
    • (and 1 more)

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      • briolette
      • cats
      • animals
    • 0 replies
    • 280 views
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    • Tinker
    • June 8, 2023

50. Fire Next Time

    By Tinker, June 8, 2023   

    • 8 lines
    • isolation
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      • 8 lines
      • isolation
      • alone
    • 0 replies
    • 282 views
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    • Tinker
    • June 8, 2023