Category: haikai
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My Daily #Haiku (8/16/20)
8/16/20: train still waiting“on a downtown train…”rainfall #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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First Slam: an .@ImageCurve #Haibun
“Frank, are you ready?” “Yes.” “Give it up for Frank!” Applause. Kelly yells, “alright, Frank!” I walk up the aisle to the stage. Face the audience of fellow poets and slammers; six judges; Bill, his wife, Jan, and Mira. Rachel and Tiff attend the admission table, shadowed by the stage lights behind me. I begin:…
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“summer meadow…” a #tanka (8/14/20)
8/14/20: prompt-free summer meadow still haunted by the weeds of unfinished business yet another leaf trembles in another passing breeze #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (8/14/20)
8/14/20: bucket retirementthe bucket listgrows #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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An Inaugural Sail
The wind fills the sails. The sleek, fiberglass hull slices through Levitt Bay water. A soft woosh of a wake, as I speed along in a sunfish. The tiller in one hand, the line to the sail in another, as I adjust course. The utter joy of my first time sailing. A pleasure I haven’t…
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“hard breathing …” a #tanka (8/11/20)
8/11/20: #71 PROMPT climbing mountains hard breathing at the rock scramble before the summit oh, but the reward: those stunning views! #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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An Inquiry on Biblical Gardens: a #Quadrille #haibun
Why a garden? A strange place for a fall from grace, no? An equally unusual locale for a rise to renewed grace, too, right? Then again, is a garden not where petals fall and seeds sprout again? perennials a hummingbird flies to each one for dVerse Poets’ How Does Your Garden Grow? dVerse Quadrille (guest-pubtended by…
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“blush wine…” a #tanka (8/10/20)
8/10/20: PROMPT – Playfulness, not taking life to seriously blush wine while listening to cicada crescendos leisurely verses written on a dog day of summer #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
