True North – (Tanka Tuesday #211)
When the vision inspires,
And you can see True North,
It’s easy to set forth –
On the journey
(Abhanga)

This post is inspired by Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Challenge #211. This week we are on writers choice. Colleen also encouraged us to try using the form Abhanga (written in any number of 4 line stanzas, syllabic, 6-6-6-4 syllables each, with L2 and L3 rhyming.
Do click through on the link for the rules, if you too would like to join in.
Ah… maybe I just didn’t see the (click here for) comments on that last post I visited.
In some places a compass doesn’t work. Too much metal in the ground. There’s one place that is supposed to be haunted that makes compass needles go crazy. Probably a few I would guess. Just remember moss grows on the north side of trees – if you are ever lost in a forest.
I also did a quad of this form here: Fowl Mouth?
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I have also struggled with that! Spooky isn’t it??? 🤣
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I think it may depend on the theme you have.
Now that I know what to look for…
Cheers and stay safe and sane.
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