Month: June 2019
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Crowskin
Originally posted on Shore/lines: Slowly, I come to. First fingers. Then arms, legs and toes. From somewhere a torso appears, topped by a head. The pain takes a little longer to arrive. But when it does the body is gathered in a cocoon of ringing muscles and tightening skin. Eyelids flicker. Hands reach for water…
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‘strong current’ 60/100 #haikufeltings
Originally posted on Stella Pierides: strong current a chunk of earth floats out to sea
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Summer Solstice
#Haiku Happenings #1 (6/19/19): Reena’s latest #senryu for Carpe Diem!
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First Guitar, our Latest Decoration: a #quadrille #haibun for #dversepoets
The ESP shines in the corner. When I first received that high school graduation present, I could not put it down. I routinely played Pentatonic scales, jazz fusion riffs and blues chord progressions in the basement. How many nights did I play Led Zepplin’s Black Dog or Pink Floyd’s “Wish you were here?” How many…
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Today’s Haiku (June 18, 2019)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 梅雨寒の紅茶ときどきカスティラ 水内慶太 tsuyuzamu no kôcha tokidoki kasutiira black tea on a day of plum rain coldness a Castella cake sometimes Keita Mizuuchi from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, June 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note: ‘kasutiira’ (or ‘kasutera’) is a sponge cake, originally…
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‘wisdom?’ 58/100 #haikufeltings
Originally posted on Stella Pierides: wisdom? even a philosopher gets spots
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Haiku: Shimmering Leaves
#Haiku Happenings #7: Xenia Tran’s latest haiku!
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“rain-splattered streets…” a #tanka (6/18/19)
6/18/19: prompt-free rain-splattered streets an air-conditioner’s hum from the next office the fleeting time left before morning Regents proctoring #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 