Category: haikai
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“hot shell casings…” a #tanka (9/18/19)
9/18/19: inspired by the 2019 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest Winners hot shell casings the bloodshed and screams following the shots how many more processions before enough is enough Inspired by “an accident” David Terelinck Third Place winner http://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/tsa-contest/winners-and-judges-comments/2019-sanford-goldstein-international-tanka-contest-winners
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My Daily #Haiku (9/18/19)
9/18/19: loud crickets breaking dawn the last loud crickets carry on #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Gaean Karma: a #tankaprose
Can you see their sad gaze yet? Can you hear them weep for you, even now? Smell the aroma of their unseasonal sap. See the darkened hue of their submerged trunks. Listen to the lapping of the water that consumes them. Watch the last flock of birds that will ever call them home migrate for…
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My Daily #Haiku (9/17/19)
9/17/19: juicy apple fallen leaves the juicy first bite of an apple #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Sequoian Soliloquy: a #Prosery #AmericanSentence #haibun
What life do you imagine you have lived? I pierced the soil and first touched the sun when your ancestors laid the foundations of their castles in your “old country.” I basked in the sun for hundreds of your years before the conquistadors first saw me. Fire, drought, pestilence I endured; I even bear the…
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“an Autumn cool…” a #tanka (9/16/19)
9/16/19: unprompted an Autumn cool before summer ends even while at work I savor the next tasting on the Shawangunk wine trail #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (9/16/19)
9/16/19: hurricane the debris left in its wake Dorian #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #104 (9/14/19): harvest moon (meigetsu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope last week was enough wind for you, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Dwight L. Roth3. Zael Sealing4. Tessa 5. Jules6. Linda Lee Lyberg7. Deborah8. Revived Writer 9. Janice10. Kerfe Roig Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Today is the 2nd anniversary of the #Haikai Challenge!…
Frank J. Tassone 