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#Tanka: Kittens Backward and Forward

Time for Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday. This week we are working on the form #Tanka 5/7/5/7/7 Nineteen and a half Scardy, my beloved friend Woebegone, my heart A place to foster kittens Nurture, keep safe, give away Thanks for reading. For other #Tanka this week along with writing instructions Check out Colleen’s site: https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/09/29/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-197-specificform-tanka/ Reminder All…

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Time for Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday. This week we are working on the form #Tanka 5/7/5/7/7

Nineteen and a half
Scardy, my beloved friend
Woebegone, my heart
A place to foster kittens
Nurture, keep safe, give away

Thanks for reading. For other #Tanka this week along with writing instructions Check out Colleen’s site: https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/09/29/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-197-specificform-tanka/

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27 responses to “#Tanka: Kittens Backward and Forward”

  1. WEEKLY POETRY CHALLENGE STARS | TYPE OF CHALLENGE No. 197: Specific Form – Tanka – Word Craft ~ Prose & Poetry

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  2. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    They are so cute! Really an inspire theme for poetry!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Awwww thank you. They are adorable, aren’t they? A week ago they did not have a prayer left on their own. Their mama was run over, so they were literally on their own.

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  3. judeitakali Avatar
    judeitakali

    A sweet tanka

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thank you Jude. 🙂

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      1. judeitakali Avatar
        judeitakali

        My pleasure 🌼

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  4. Prior... Avatar
    Prior…

    Nice prose

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thank you, Yvette. Photoshopping myself out of the picture of me feeding the babies took longer than writing the tanka. That was hard! I used my negative space concept and I like the results. What do you think? Weird to see unembodied hands feeding two little kittens?

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      1. Prior... Avatar
        Prior…

        Hi – well
        I had to
        Come back and check the picture out closer – the first time around I thought it was someone to the right and someone else to the left!
        Nice photoshop skills

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          Thanks. Mostly it was appalling to see how bad my neck looked. I fixed that, and then the rest of me looked bad, too – distractingly so. You couldn’t make out their cute little legs against the background of my shirt. It’s painstaking, but I was pleased with the result.

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          1. Prior... Avatar
            Prior…

            😊

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  5. Retirement Reflections Avatar
    Retirement Reflections

    Thank you for sharing beautiful Scaredy and the adorable kittens!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thank you, Donna. It was fun looking through pictures and I found one of him and his brother, Baby who died many years before. Not many cats live 19.5 years.

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  6. Colleen M. Chesebro Avatar
    Colleen M. Chesebro

    Such sweet kitties, Marsha. What a handful. Freyja was 8 weeks old when we got her, and she was a handful (she still is :D). Don’t foget to add your link to Mr. Linky. ❤

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      We had to go out. I just added it and visited all the other links. I like having them all listed right there. It makes it so much easier to visit each of the participants.

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      1. Colleen M. Chesebro Avatar
        Colleen M. Chesebro

        Absolutely. Same here. If you do a challenge use Mr. Linky. I can show you how. ❤️

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          I was just wondering about that. Is there a cost to Mr. Linky?

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          1. Colleen M. Chesebro Avatar
            Colleen M. Chesebro

            No. I use the free version.

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          2. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            Good to know. I think it makes it much easier to visit people’s work. Do you have a post about it I could reblog?

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          3. Colleen M. Chesebro Avatar
            Colleen M. Chesebro

            I don’t. It’s something I’ll have to walk you through. ❤

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          4. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            I’m still mulling over themes, BTW. I haven’t emailed you because my life is crazy. We closed on our rental house for Cindy in Prescott TODAY! Vince is going to check it out and take care of turning everything on and hooking up all the necessary utilities and services n the next few days. I haven’t seen it yet!

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          5. Colleen M. Chesebro Avatar
            Colleen M. Chesebro

            What? You bought the yellow bathroom house???

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          6. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            No, a different one. This one will be for my sister-in-law. We haven’t sold our house yet. Pictures tomorrow then it goes on the market. I’ll send you the link after it’s up.

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          7. Colleen M. Chesebro Avatar
            Colleen M. Chesebro

            Cool! Looking forward to it. ❤️

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          8. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            Me too!

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  7. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
    Terri Webster Schrandt

    Aww, sweet little Scardy! Such a long, sweet life. Good luck with the itty bitties, Marsha! I’m sure they will thrive under your loving care then go to great homes!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Yes, we hope so. You are welcome to take them to Spokane! LOL They are adorable now. I have a couple more weeks of bottle feeding before they can be weaned. So far, no takers.

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