Day 1 Tanka you very much

NaPoWriMo National (Global) Writing Month begins with a prompt to write a Tanka.

Here are two Tankas expressing my joy on beginning this April 2026's challenge of writing a poem a day. (Of course I was too excited to write only one.)

Tanka 1

Let me make myself

clear, like jello shots, neon

green, poetry downed.

Loosen up those taut muscles,

metaphors waiting to flex.

Tanka 2

Penguins aren’t big on

privacy; neighbour’s shoulders

share survival heat.

Antarctic treaty survives

despite human governments.