Category: haikai
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Mourning Song: a #haibun
The days between Dad’s death and his funeral passed with a frantic urgency. There Mom and I were, securing his plot, arranging his wake, purchasing his coffin. We held back the grief as we attended to the business of saying goodbye. I still needed to write his eulogy. Some time in the midst of all…
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“Scattered rain…” a #tanka (6/5/19)
6/5/19: helping each other through scattered rain a team-teaching partner’s last observation my intervention with a struggling student #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (6/5/19)
6/5/19: weave Summer rain a late commuter weaves in and out of traffic #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“king’s pawn opening…” a #tanka (6/4/19)
6/4/19: child’s play king’s pawn openingwell beyond the child’s playof a four-move matethe infinite varietyof a well-played midgame #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (6/4/19)
6/4/18: collage morning breeze a dandelion seed collage across the yard #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Dragon Declarations: a #quadrille #haibun
Do you fear me? I come, bearing the storm! Delight with me in wind and water. Or despair of me in monsoon and typhoon. Force me back into the cave, if you dare. Or ride me! deepening twilight ascending and decending in this life for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #81 – Here there be {poem} dragons…
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“a Regents day…” a #tanka (6/3/19)
6/3/19: Magnolia a Regents day and “Sugar Magnolia” becomes my earworm but soon the aroma of fresh hops will be mine #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (6/3/19)
6/3/19: bones summer foliage another deep ache in the bones #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 