Category: haikai
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#Haiku (9/23/24)
9/23/24: whipped cream migrating geese exotic memories of whipped cream #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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An Immortal’s First Education
I was just a boy—& still mortal—when I saw my mother take up the sword. A band of raiders from the cragged shores breached our walls. Two of them approached her, a savage hunger in their eyes I would learn much later. They never saw the flash of steel that severed their throats. A glance…
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Publication Alert (9/11/24)
I’m honored to appear in Where Peter is today. This haibun first appeared in Failed Haiku. Thank you, Mike Lewis!
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#Haiku (9/11/24)
9/11/24: vanilla 9/11 a vanilla scoop atop the names #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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My Hands
My hands are a reader’s hands. They hold open the covers of good books with practiced ease and no fatigue. My hands are a poet’s hands. The right grasps the pen with skillful poise and delivers a peculiarly modern form of sanskrit only I can read. Both possess fingers that dance across keyboards with a…
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#Haiku (9/7/24)
9/7/24: swirl a swirl of novel sensations yoga practice #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haiku (9/4/24)
9/4/24: scoop after Labor Day a scoop of Rocky Road on the sidewalk #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haiku (8/31/24)
8/31/24: fossil overcast the Fossil sunglasses I lost #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 