Category: haikai
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Jedi Games
I remember the darkened aisle of the UA theater filled to capacity. Dad and I found our seats just as C3PO raised his golden hand over his head, crying, “Help! Please”–and then R2D2 rolled down a rocky trail between canyon walls, and into a jawa ambush. Not yet 7-years-old, I watched “Star Wars” for the…
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My Daily #Haiku (3/7/23)
3/7/23: diet A Ziggy “See food” diet After work #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (2/2/23) #NaHaiWriMo2023
2/2/23: dawn after a night of tossed sheets dawn #nahaiwrimo2023#nahaiwrimo#haiku#micropoetry#poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (2/1/23) #nahaiwrimo2023
2/1/23: daybreak cloudy night the long wait before daybreak #NaiHaiWriMo2023 #naihaiwrimo #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A Desolate Heart
“Welcome to the desert of the real.” –Morpheaus, from the movie, The Matrix An ever-drying aridity. Step after step across a desert stretching to the horizon. Only the memory of water. Such an exhaustion that the expression “dead on my feet” is a declaration of enthusiasm. Here, in the heart of the desert, words come…
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A Tardy Apology
Hello, there! I know, I know. It’s been a while. I could explain how pervasive my current writer’s block has been. I could recount the general malaise through which I’ve lived. I could recount the Star Wars gravity well down which I’ve fallen. All of this is true. Nevertheless, the story remains incomplete. I honestly…
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My Daily #Haiku (11/7/22)
11/7/22: insanity Ownership Change…an “I’m Going Slightly Mad”earworm begins #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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“a glance…” a #tanka (11/1/22)
11/1/22: glance a glance of the last glint of sunlight echoes of prayers on All Saints Day #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
Frank J. Tassone 