A Murder Mystery



Buzzing above me
Whizzing through shadowy flight
Stabbing fangs in skin
Causing welts and itchy bites
Festering plots slay these pests





A Buggy Tanka Contest
Sponsored by: M. L. Kiser
August 21, 2021

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Lindsay Laurie

August 24, 2021 at 11:16 PM

Hello Regina ... these tiny whining creatures will send you bonkers if there is not a counter attack - thank you Regina - Lindsay

Andrea Dietrich

August 21, 2021 at 5:44 PM

Murder Mystery was a great title!! I see you wrote an actual tanka. I am confused by what to do since the rules state to do three lines 17 syllables or under. In YOUR contest, do you want only one quatrain or any number of quatrains. Seeing your lovely example, I assume it can be any number of them?

Regina Mcintosh

August 21, 2021 at 6:30 PM

You can write as many as you want for my contest, Andrea! Thanks for reading my poems :) Love you, Gina