Submissions for tinywords 20.2 and a new writing prompt
Summer is winding down here in the northern hemisphere and tinywords 20.1 has now ended with Ann K. Schwader’s haiku “in the space”.
The submission window for tinywords 20.2 opened on August 1st so if you haven’t yet, you still have about half of August left to send us your small poems, haiga, or brief haibun to be considered for our next issue: tinywords 20.2.
Sending work to tinywords is a simple two-step process. Just check out our Guidelines?and click on the?Submissions Page?from Aug. 1 through Aug. 31, 2020. One month window, as usual.
To keep things lively while we work on the new issue, we present a new writing prompt. This image of a green oasis between apartment buildings was captured in Beirut, Lebanon. One thing this image might say is that nature is adaptable. These trees seem to be in solidarity with one another. But you might see something else entirely. Be sure to share it with us. Why not pen a tiny original poem or two in response to this glimpse of nature in the midst of an urban landscape?? ?Leave your best efforts in the comment box below and the tinywords editorial team will share the best of the best in tinywords 20.2, due out in late September 2020.
Thanks again for dropping by. We look forward to reading what you?have?to say.
In solidarity,
The Editors
August 16th, 2020 at 11:39 am
Constrained yet reaching
always for the light – courtyard
tree breathing thru concrete
August 16th, 2020 at 11:40 am
sunstripes
a child weaves
into the forest
Alan Summers
August 16th, 2020 at 11:40 am
alley breeze
a leaf finds its place
on the sidewalk
August 16th, 2020 at 11:43 am
apple pie…
the journey comes back
to my childhood
August 16th, 2020 at 11:49 am
Trees kiss between buildings…
They don't care.
August 16th, 2020 at 11:53 am
global warfare
if only we had
a spare
August 16th, 2020 at 11:55 am
Beirut the leaves that remain still trembling
August 16th, 2020 at 11:56 am
Beirut / the leaves that remain / still trembling
August 16th, 2020 at 12:13 pm
Solidarity
branches entwine
in an arc of strength
August 16th, 2020 at 12:35 pm
Through the looking class
Life with love enshrined in
bits and pieces
August 16th, 2020 at 12:37 pm
lockdown …
two trees holding on
to their leaves
.
August 16th, 2020 at 12:38 pm
all my secrets
whispered
to one who cares
August 16th, 2020 at 12:43 pm
in a thousand years
saplings
or rubble?
August 16th, 2020 at 12:45 pm
greenery abound
senior citizen homes
uncared for corona fears
August 16th, 2020 at 12:49 pm
among all the grey the cedars of Lebanon
August 16th, 2020 at 12:50 pm
back in the city crunch of granny?s apple crumble
August 16th, 2020 at 12:54 pm
remembering
our formative roots
buried deep in the past
August 16th, 2020 at 1:11 pm
alone in the city
the leafy green embrace
of sidewalk trees
August 16th, 2020 at 1:18 pm
six trees
flaring green
against concrete
August 16th, 2020 at 1:21 pm
we promise to stay
in touch—
thirty years later
our cheeks brush
a shade lifts
August 16th, 2020 at 1:30 pm
in the shadow
of buildings the shadows
of trees
August 16th, 2020 at 2:06 pm
Through the green class
Life with love enshrined in
bits and pieces
August 16th, 2020 at 2:24 pm
corona time
true green provides
umbrella shield
August 16th, 2020 at 3:10 pm
empty sidewalks
the sound of a soft breeze
shushing the trees
August 16th, 2020 at 3:21 pm
sun bleached canyons
an albizia grove scents
the city
August 16th, 2020 at 7:34 pm
how quick we forget
explosions of malfeasance
trees roots dig deeper
August 16th, 2020 at 7:47 pm
leaning in
to a kiss . . . the lucky ones
still able to touch
August 16th, 2020 at 7:50 pm
linden scent
through a window
the echo of riots
August 18th, 2020 at 1:35 pm
I gave this a thumbs up right off the bat. And am surprised it doesn't have more. This is a wonderful haiku that could easily get accepted into a journal. Linden scent is often used to relieve stress, so the juxtaposition with the last line is especially powerful. I love it.
August 16th, 2020 at 8:25 pm
Beirut explosion
sheltered between buildings
a huddle of trees
August 17th, 2020 at 11:20 am
I realized this needed an em dash:
Beirut explosion—
sheltered between buildings
a huddle of trees
August 16th, 2020 at 9:20 pm
touching you is wonderful
I am still tingling
all over
August 16th, 2020 at 10:45 pm
leaning into
the meshing of our roots…
pandemic
August 16th, 2020 at 11:57 pm
shuttered windows
trees stand together
in prayer
August 17th, 2020 at 1:00 am
evergreen. . .
adjacent rooms
in the care home
August 17th, 2020 at 1:42 am
geometric grey
measured by scale
burst of green
August 17th, 2020 at 3:54 am
cityscape
trees soften
our fears
August 17th, 2020 at 4:05 am
deeply rooted
the memories
of survivors
August 17th, 2020 at 4:06 am
grey canvas …
the creator dropped
some paint
August 17th, 2020 at 9:03 am
solidarity
the courage
to stand together
August 17th, 2020 at 9:05 am
rushing headlong
into the day until
the trees
August 20th, 2020 at 4:03 am
I love how the momentum of the haiku is arrested in the last, unexpected line
August 17th, 2020 at 10:25 am
Bowing trunks, extending branches
Glossy green leaves like love notes
Touching hearts a world apart
August 17th, 2020 at 10:42 am
running for miles
the roots of trees
hold their ground
August 17th, 2020 at 10:47 am
city trees–
the roots of peace sunk deep
in the shaken ground
August 17th, 2020 at 10:48 am
shaky ground…
held together
by the roots of trees
August 17th, 2020 at 11:23 am
high-rises
that small window
of sunlight
August 17th, 2020 at 2:00 pm
take your kid to work day
we project-manage
roly-polies
August 17th, 2020 at 6:21 pm
piano at sunset
a caterpillar straddling
trees
August 17th, 2020 at 9:59 pm
one a white canvass green shares life
August 17th, 2020 at 10:04 pm
Oops–I noticed the typo after submitting this. Sorry! Will submit the corrected version.
Karen
August 17th, 2020 at 10:07 pm
on a white canvass green shares life
By Karen O'Leary
August 17th, 2020 at 10:21 pm
isolation ?
in the distance between us
trees holding hands
August 18th, 2020 at 1:03 am
.
locked down –
to breathe
or not
.
August 18th, 2020 at 1:10 am
gang warfare
playground secret-sharing
of conker tactics
August 18th, 2020 at 2:08 am
skyscrapers
muted talks
blossoms transmit
August 18th, 2020 at 2:25 am
apple pie…
the journey circles back
to childhood
Alan Summers
August 18th, 2020 at 4:40 am
his smile lost
in the alleyways of mind
leaf shadows
August 18th, 2020 at 8:56 am
compromise
both sides
reaching out
August 18th, 2020 at 5:40 pm
geodesic dome
the concrete
encroaching
August 18th, 2020 at 9:31 pm
Twin trees…
even memories cannot recall
their frame
its burning
drenched by late rain
smoulders in the debris
August 19th, 2020 at 2:50 am
Huddled together
against man-made destruction
God-made still standing
August 19th, 2020 at 2:51 am
Huddled together
amid man-made destruction
God-made still standing
August 19th, 2020 at 6:01 am
scent of bread
a little bit of green
daily needs
August 19th, 2020 at 4:56 pm
leaning in
for a kiss
care home window
August 19th, 2020 at 5:56 pm
balancing the gray…chi of green
August 20th, 2020 at 3:55 am
a green line
through the stones
finding a way
August 20th, 2020 at 4:48 am
at the heart
of a concrete jungle
a yin tree a yang tree
August 20th, 2020 at 7:04 am
steeping
in our green tea
high-rise shadows
August 20th, 2020 at 9:41 am
broken skyline
fragments
of birdsong
August 20th, 2020 at 9:42 am
under the city
old growth
roots
August 20th, 2020 at 9:42 am
in the back alley
whispers
of trees
August 20th, 2020 at 1:28 pm
rooftop garden
a farmer's daughter
cracks the ceiling
August 20th, 2020 at 7:29 pm
urbanisation –
shadows lost
under the skyscrapers
August 20th, 2020 at 11:09 pm
between gray walls
the green touch
of a stranger’s smile
August 20th, 2020 at 11:13 pm
oops, I seem to have "liked" my own haiku. I didn't mean to and can't seem to remove it.
August 20th, 2020 at 11:17 pm
(It seems to happen automatically -my apologies)
August 22nd, 2020 at 12:50 pm
big city
the soothing shade
of twin trees
August 24th, 2020 at 6:18 am
a tentative smile
on her firm face
green leaves
August 24th, 2020 at 6:20 am
cracking
the urban grey
green threes
August 25th, 2020 at 1:04 am
interlocked –
artificial versus
natural beauty
August 25th, 2020 at 1:21 am
but for the breeze
through friendly trees
urban desert
August 26th, 2020 at 6:06 am
tree
a green comma …
city skyline
August 27th, 2020 at 7:23 pm
I really like this idea/image.
What about making it into two segments (rather than three) – something like:
green comma
a single tree
on the city skyline
August 26th, 2020 at 10:53 am
nature finds a way
new life sprouts
in the concrete desert
August 27th, 2020 at 8:18 am
building trust shared leaves
August 27th, 2020 at 4:59 pm
unbroken shadows. unpeopled streets. greener greens
August 29th, 2020 at 9:58 am
green pressing close
amid glass and steel jungle
we're all family
August 31st, 2020 at 1:01 pm
the red horizon
in a puddle
darkened street
September 2nd, 2020 at 5:39 am
listening to
forty shades of green
earth day
September 3rd, 2020 at 3:18 pm
This is a really nice haiku. I think if you had posted earlier on in the exercise, you would have received many more points.
September 3rd, 2020 at 9:39 am
under my window
singing birds
behind green leaves
September 5th, 2020 at 5:05 am
thunder rumbles
through the canyon
quivering leaves
September 5th, 2020 at 10:49 pm
hiding
in plain sight
the resistance
September 5th, 2020 at 11:21 pm
heaven . . .
inward
not upward
September 16th, 2020 at 8:21 pm
oasis kissed leaves
in lieu of trim offer
sunshade solace
Michelle Kogan
Thanks!
September 26th, 2020 at 12:31 pm
age before beauty
a short walk
on the bright side
September 26th, 2020 at 12:40 pm
split ends…
that powerful realisation
that leads to love
September 27th, 2020 at 6:01 am
colourblind
dog paints walls and trees
darker grey