Category: haikai
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#Haiku (12/31/24)
12/31/24: New Year’s Eve last sunset covered in clouds New Year’s Eve #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“first day…” a #tanka (12/22/24)
12/22/24: winter first day of winter blue sky & yet outside that chill #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haiku (12/22/24)
12/22/24: cookie exchange no cookie exchange at the Holiday party melting snow #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Sacred Encounters
“I find the presence of the sacred in….” & I’m five. A rusty red tricycle rests upside-down. I spin the small back wheels. Their whirring sound resonates deep within. Or I’m at Kingsland Point Park riding a swing. The Hudson river flows by. A breeze from the center of it blows ashore. Or I’m in…
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Solstice: a #TankaProse
We awaken to a winter wonderland. Overnight snowfall decorates every rooftop and bare-boughed tree in luscious white. The street and sidewalks lie beneath a blanket of pearl fluff. More snow falls as I turn on Christmas lights in our Dining and Living rooms. However, the sun pierces the veil of gray before midmorning. The street,…
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#Haiku (12/21/24)
12/21/24: crossword puzzle the clue is “the longest night…” Solstice #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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December Musings, a #TankaProse (12/7/24)
We decorated the apartment for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. Winter village, manger and angels atop the mantle, and the Christmas tree—fully decorated—all erected and lit by evening. Is it unusual, then, that Mira and I spent our first day of December taking her sisters to the Met Cloister? brisk afternoon yet still lingering the…
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#Haiku (12/7/24)
12/7/24: candle Christmas decor an unlit nativity candelabra #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 