Category: haikai
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Unrealized Paradise
Photo by Tarun Singh on Unsplash 81 “Let there be a little country without many people…” –Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, rendition by Ursula K. Le Guin Oh, if only there were a land where people truly loved their neighbor as themselves. Yes, a land where people embodied the golden rule. What need would…
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“twilight…” a #tanka (11/7/18)
11/7/18: a good dream twilight the aroma of freshly sautéed garlic dinner as satisfying as a good dream #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (11/7/18)
11/7/18: dream “to dream the impossible dream” … a blue Senate #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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This Vote: a #TankaTuesday #tanka (11/6/18)
11/6/18: the vote “November Rain” but more like “Civil War” this Election Day the temptation to believe my single vote won’t matter #tanka #micropoetry #poetry For Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge #109 word choice: vote
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My Daily #Haiku (11/6/18)
11/6/18: Africa Toto’s “Africa” playing on the radio … November morning #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Electoral Choices: a #Renga Soliloquy #Quadrille
Election day … In the blink of an eye we seal our fate Will it be a wink and nod or a cold, steady gaze? So many years since Palin’s famous wink … Election day Is a steady gaze enough? for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #68 (pubtended by De…
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My Daily #Haiku (11/5/18)
11/5/18: birth brightening sky … another anniversary of birth in six days #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #59 (11/3/18): Election Day/Democracy #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
So what was it, haijin, tricks or treats this past halloween? Many of you savored the spirit of Samhain and All Hallow’s Eve! Congratulations, last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. The Dark Netizen 2. Jane Dougherty 3. Dwight L. Roth 4. Helene Vaillant 5. Jules @ Strands 6. Ken Gierke /…
