Time for the monthly poetry challenge. In November, we’ll write Japanese tanka poetry with a celestial theme: solar system, galaxy, dark matter, stars, planets, sun, whichever opens your eyes in wonder. The format of a tanka is five lines; the number of syllables is 5, 7, 5, 7 then 7 again.
Reto poético de noviembre 2021: Ahora empieza el reto poético del mes. En noviembre, escribiremos poesía japonesa que se llama tanka con un tema celestial: sistema solar, galaxia, materia oscura, estrellas, planetas, el sol, cualquier que te parezca maravilloso. El formato de un poema tanka es de cinco líneas; en cuanto a los números de sílabas son 5, 7, 5, 7 y 7 de nuevo.
Polvo celestial
5 El cielo parece lejos
7 Es algo inalcanzable
5 Como hormiga ando
7 Desconociendo mi ser
7 Hecho de estrellas está
–Rebecca Cuningham, 6 noviembre 2021
Translation: Celestial Dust
5 The heavens seem far
7 Completely unreachable
5 I walk like an ant
7 Without knowing my being
7 Is made of the stars themselves
–Rebecca Cuningham, 6 November 2021
Your theme is the stars, galaxy, universe… Please make a G-rated poem. If you are a blogger, please publish your poem on your website and link to this page by Sunday, 16 November. If you are a poet at large, please post your poem below by 16 November. I will publish a post with all your poems next Tuesday, 18 November. Come join in! Thank you and happy writing! ¡Olé! –Rebecca
El tema es los astros, la galaxia, el universo… Favor de escribir un poema para todas las audiencias. Los escritores que tengan su propio sitio web, favor de publicar tu poema en tu blog y haz un enlace a este artículo antes del 16 noviembre. Los escritores que sean damas y caballeros andantes, favor de añadir tu poema a los comentarios abajo antes del 16 noviembre. Publicaré un artículo con todos los poemas el próximo martes, 18 noviembre. ¡Inscríbete! ¡Gracias y feliz proceso de escribir! ¡Olé! –Rebecca
Fake Flamenco 
Que images de la hormiga como metáfora.
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Muchas gracias, Suzette! Pequeños pero poderosos somos. Piensas escribir un poema celestial?
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I am always delighted to write una poema celestial? Si
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Si, excelente. 🙂
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Gracias🙂
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I’m all about the moon, stars, and galaxy…and poetry! I haven’t written poetry in a minute, so I’ll have to return to it soon. Thanks for sharing yours!
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Thank you. Great, I hope that you will join us, writing verse about a subject that you love. Tanka is fun. It feels freer than rhyming poetry, yet has enough structure to channel the writer’s thoughts into meaningful lines.
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A nice challenge! Might give it a try! 😀
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Counting syllables can be fun. I literally say the verse out loud and count on my fingers!
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A lovely challenge I will try what I haven’t tried before.
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Thank you, Katie! I like your first tankas ever very much. Well done! Hard for me to choose just one to post and translate for Tuesday. Gracias.
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Thank you for your celestial tanka, Emine. I like the theme of being one with the universe.
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Fun challenge to get me back into poetry. 🙂
https://eminebeasley.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/bye-bye-nanowrimo-a-tanka-poetry-challenge/
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Hello Rebecca,
Here is my little tanka contribution to you wonderful heavens and galaxy prompt:
how high the heart soars
beyond events horizon
when hope’s magic
eclipses the heavens in
a November beaver moon
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The line breaks did not show up in the comments. Just reposting my tanka so that you can see the breaks:
how high the heart soars/
beyond events horizon/
when hope’s magic/
eclipses the heavens in/
a November beaver moon.
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Thanks 🙂
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Thank you, Suzette! I like how your poem incorporates science, the beaver moon and matters of the heart. Excelente!
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Thank you. I am glad you’re it. My pleasure too.
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Oops, my fingers are bit off this morning.
I meant I am glad you enjoyed the tanka.
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That’s how my eyes read it. 🙂
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Awesome!
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Very nicely done. Thanks for your contribution to the challenge! We are all in our own worlds. 🙂
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Oh bother! I must get my effort in today as tomorrow’s super-busy. Sorry, no time to incorporate it into a blog post. I’ve struggled with this – mood change in the third line and all that. But you force me out of my comfort zone and I really appreciate that, Rebecca. It’s the best way to learn, and I’m definitely going to persist.
A meeting – going out.
I’ve got my coat, my bag, notes.
But wait. Above me
glows the moon, a perfect globe
in a black sky, girdled by stars.
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Thanks, Margaret! I like how the heavens interrupt the every day routine with their beauty. Happy you’re part of the poetry challenge.
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Neutron stars collide,
gravitational waves wash
over the cosmos
while a Goldilocks planet
watches in childlike wonder
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Thank you, Lou. Great tribute to science and the wonder the cosmos inspires. I appreciate your contribution to this month’s challenge.
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http://sandyroybessbugzy.com/2021/11/14/november-2021-poetry-challenge/
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