Category: haikai
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Marshalling
Standing on the hill, spinning a bullroarer. A warrior-poet calls. Who will answer? whirling wind an Autumn night deepens Already, the signals from 47 forecast the reversals of sound policy. The high anxiety of demoralized, defeated voters spikes into frustrated bursts of impotent outrage. rattle of leaves across sidewalks My own cheeks have not yet…
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“even as…” a #tanka/#kyoka (11/8/24)
11/8/24: smile even as society fractures smile darkness yields to even a pinpoint of light #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry#TankaThursday
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#Haiku (11/8/24)
11/8/24: bullroarer clarion call Crocodile Dundee swings the bullroarer #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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An Electoral Paschal Mystery
I felt the tightness in my chest at Costco. Fresh tension contracted my shoulders as we passed through aisle after aisle. My “I voted” sticker rested on my new burgundy shirt. But so many of the shoppers I passed had none. first misgivings not even closed yet the polls We watched the elction coverage that…
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#Haiku (11/7/24)
11/7/24: Echidna sunset surrounding the ant hill echidna tracks #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“on a pond…” a #tanka (11/3/24)
11/3/24: pond on a pond a sea of foliage shimmers the last light shining over the ridge #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haiku (11/3/24)
11/3/24: billabong billabong the gnats refuse to leave #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Halloween Adjacent: a #TankaProse (10/30/24)
10/30/24: fall As if it could be any other way… evening twilight after landscapers bag fallen foliage the chill of thinning veils soon to begin #TankaProse#tanka#micropoetry#poetry
Frank J. Tassone 