Thursday - Tanka

[sagitta33]

Happy Thursday! I'm Sagitta33 (LJ and DW). Today is Jupiter Day and the best way to welcome the approaching weekend is with a song or poem. How about both?

The word tanka translates to "short song" and is a Japanese style of poetry. A tanka poem consists of five lines each containing a certain amount of syllables as follows, 5/7/5/7/7.

The rules are as follows:

• No more than five prompts in a row.
• No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
• Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
• No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
• If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut. Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name] Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Examples:

The Good Witch, Cassandra Nightingale + any, a love spell/song. The Good Witch, Cassandra Nightingale + any, a healing spell/song.

Other guidelines:

You may add specifics or guidelines to your prompts. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are welcome.

We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this new option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. While the use of LJ's advanced search options is available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future. If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site, please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site but you are still more than welcome to participate.

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tag= tanka poetry

Comments

[creepy_shetan]

author's choice, any relatively new any/any relationship, pleasantly surprised

[creepy_shetan]

author's choice, any mentor + protégé relationship (gen), setting a good (?) example

Fill (Hawkeye, Clint + Kate)

[reeby10]

jumping off the roof
had seemed like a good idea
until Kate did too —
perhaps next time he could think
before they both took the leap

[cornerofmadness]

any, any, a moonlit night

Fill (Teen Wolf, Stiles)

[reeby10]

The forest gives way
from dark night to bright moonlight.
A wolf howls somewhere;
he grins and begins to run.
Through the trees, his pack awaits.

Re: Fill (Teen Wolf, Stiles)

[cornerofmadness]

This was great. Thank you very much