Category: haikai
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Star Wars Day ’19: Legacy of a Last Jedi: a #haibun chronicle of Luke Skywalker Redux
Originally posted on Frank J. Tassone: (SPOILER ALERT: If you’re one of the handful that still hasn’t seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi, be warned!) How did it all go so wrong? I was the hero of the rebellion against the empire. I was the last hope of the Jedi. But when it was time…
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My Daily #Haiku (5/4/19)
5/4/19: paper tiger after wrestling with paper tigers Spring Day #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 6: July 30, 2014
She serves from half-court. I return forearm. She backhands it over the net. I race into position and pivot, delivering the best backhand of our volley. Did she return it? Did I? Getting water later, I say, “We’ve progressed from terrible to rotten.” Tennis court bathed in sunlight slapping sounds We return from the country…
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“growing leaves…” a #tanka (5/3/19)
5/3/19: caterpillar growing leaves a feeding caterpillar ready to shed another spring awaiting my own metamorphosis #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (5/3/19)
5/3/19: wishing well sudden drizzle not a single penny in the wishing well #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“budding maples…” a #tanka (5/2/19)
5/2/19: alone budding maples alone across the yard a coyote I watch it come and go from inside an empty house #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (5/2/19)
5/2/19: audio book crabapple blossoms — the library renews her audio book #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 Wrap-up
Another National Poetry Month ends. Another 30-in-30 completed. What a ride! I achieved the following during this past #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019: 30 haiku posted 30 haikai poems (haiku, tanka, tanka-prose, haibun, renga) posted 4,537 views 2,117 visitors 1,617 likes 330 comments Special thanks to Maureen Thorson as NaPoWriMo.net and Robert Lee Brewer at WD Poetics…
