Tag: gogyohka
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The Truth is…
The truth is everybody knows The truth is no one does The truth is a burst of Cherry blossoms The truth is those blossoms falling The truth is the truth The truth is a heart swollen with love The truth is that heart broken The truth is compassion The truth is indifference The truth is…
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Boxed Within
a box forged of cold steel fired within the frigid heart of compressed terror inside last remains of innocence consumed by loathing and rage hidden within a heart’s shadow from which emerges the dragon, awaiting innocence’s ride Over at dVerse, Kim pubtends a Tuesday Poetics, where we write box poems. The pub is open! Come…
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Samuel
lame males use a mesa mules emu slam Over at dVerse, It’s MTB with Anagrammatic poetry (pubtended by Bjorn). We’re writing anagrammatic poetry, featuring recombinations of a one-word title with a max of 3 vowels and 4 consonants. The Pub is still open! Come join us!
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Sophiac Psalms
A hoot in the dark, aloft on silent wings, a wisdom unheeded Ever flowing a meandering way, ever yielding and always overcoming In a tumultuous world, always chasing in every direction, how not A crackling roar splitting the sky of our complacency A haunting melody whose poignant lyrics we lose and find again Day 2…
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#Haikai Poetry Alert: MTB: 5-Line Japanese Poetic Forms
Originally posted on dVerse: Stock Photo: Takebayashi of Kyoto Welcome to DVerse, Poets! I am Frank Tassone, your host for today’s Meet the Bar, where we delve into poetic craft. This month is National Tanka Month, or #NaTankaMo. In honor of this celebration of tanka, I would like to focus on three of the 5-line…
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Death Defying: a Day 8 #NapoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #gogyohka – #haiku #L’Arora
“The moon has set“ as though only that ever needed to be said Even before first light deer graze in the yard scampering fawn follows its mother after dawn “All that remains is“ the ruins of paradise from a denied future unwilling to be perfect in our imperfection blood moon this endless denial of the…
Frank J. Tassone 