Category: haikai
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A Dragon’s Visit
Why are you trembling? Did you not yearn for me? See my blue and turquoise scales glitter in the sun. Hear the wind whistle around my sleak, serpentine form. Feel the rain I bring soak your naked skin. Haven’t you wanted me? Did you not crave power? Were you not thirsting for control? What is…
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#Haiku (11/20/24)
11/20/24: constellation high tide during a July night Scorpius #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haiku (11/19/24)
11/19/20: mirage rippling water only another mirage… desert sun #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Interstellar Last Stand, Part I
A liberated Earth faced a desperate struggle. A faint signal from the Alpha Centauri system offered the only sliver of hope we could expect. So Guardian Command ordered me there. Little did I realize that voyage would lead me half the galaxy away, and confront me with the impossible choice: Lead my ship on a…
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#Haiku (11/18/24)
11/18/24: Salt Lake Westward flight the Great Salt Lake comes into view #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Enter the Donald
Donald Duck, already quacking his senile quackery. Donald Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1.” Of course! Because the Duck clearly has the heart to surrender power, like Biden showed. for sale slightly used condition one Brooklyn Bridge Continuing his quackery, the Duck sputters on… “I want to close the border, and I…
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#Haiku (11/11/24)
11/11/24: Treaty (Armistice Day/Veterans Day) Armistice… paid in Veterans’ blood all treaties #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry Featured image by Kerfe.
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#Haiku (11/9/24)
11/9/24: wallaby deep twilight the wish to sleep like a wallaby #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 