Category: haikai
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Hail Mary: A #Tanka-Prose
A “yes” in answer to a divine calling. A sword piercing her heart ever after. A heart in which she pondered all she experienced. A heart that breaks as she holds the corpse of her crucified son. A heart immaculate after a rolled-away stone. A heart enthroned after an ultimate divine summons. “Blessed are you…
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“muck and soaked leaves…” a #tanka (7/15/20)
7/15/20: unprompted muck and soaked leaves the thump as they drop from the gutter a gurgle as water pours out the bottom leader at last #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (7/15/20)
7/15/20: clouds gathered cloudsthe silence after aZoom interview #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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This Filial Contemplation: a #haibun
My son squats atop the rocky outcrop in Kakiat park. He gazes toward the distant New York City skyline. Even after ten years, he maintains a comfortable “frog” posture that his second-grade teacher warned us about. He says nothing. I hold my tongue in deference. I remember those moments when I, too, savored silence. As…
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“four-year conflict…” a #tanka / #kyoka (7/14/20)
7/14/20: #PROMPT — calm amidst stress four-year conflict over an inherited insurance policy another breath in and out as I’m placed on hold again #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (7/14/20)
7/14/20: anger Bastille Day —US COVID-19cases skyrocket #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus
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Meditation in Blue: a #Quadrille #Gembun #sequence
Blues riff on a cocktail napkin a single tear They want my blue eyes. If they only knew … clear sky rustling leaves summer wind The talk of a coming “Blue Tsunami…” As if. all the calm of the ocean politics Traveling these blue ways … for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #107 – Blue Monday (pubtended by…
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“droning lawnmowers…” a #tanka (7/13/20)
7/13/20: # PROMPT – one day one breath at a time droning lawnmowers and the rattle from laundry in the dryer I bear with their sadness one day–one breath–at a time #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 