Tag: haibun
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Morning Meditation: an #AmericanSonnet #haibun
seated on the zafu, breathing in and out listening to a word arising in mind: “deeper” breathing in and out, going “deeper,” encountering sensations: the upper arm itchiness, the bodywide tingle; choral thinking: the fastrack memory reel of a career, the plethora of remembered conversations, of screaming; breathing in and out, that voice again, saying,…
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![#Haikai Challenge II #14 (4/24/24): [Late]Cherry Blossom (osozakura) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge](https://frankjtassone.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aba7120a-5dd6-471c-b519-3bf30a9a6e0c-1.jpg?w=1024)
#Haikai Challenge II #14 (4/24/24): [Late]Cherry Blossom (osozakura) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
Some of you haijin risked being blinded by the light to savor the solar eclipse. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Suzette Benjamin2. Eugi3. Jules 4. Ben Tonkin5. Colleen Chesebro6. J M Negi 7. Melissa8. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! What a National Poetry Month this has…
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Oh, Wolverine
“I’m the best there is at what I do.” —James Howlett/Logan, aka Wolverine You were my favorite X-man. I enjoyed your cynical, gruff attitude. So the opposite of the sensitive, people-pleaser that high school bullies loved to target. I appreciated your no-nonsense fighting skill, and how you “had moves like Carter’s got little pills.” It…
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Indigenous Ironies
Frank and I visited the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City today. Located in the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House, the museum opens to a grand, oval-shaped rotunda. Murals of milestones from the US appear, alongside representations of the explorers famously associated with the US. Ironic, considering how their expeditions impacted…
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Gravatar Verification Test
This is a test of the Gravatar verification system. This is only a test. This has been a test of the Gravatar verification system. If this test works, then hopefully I will be able to comment on dVerse Poets Pub without having to log in every damn time! waxing gibbous technology keeps making our lives…
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Pink
An explosion of blossoms! From light lavender to luscious pink. Nature’s bouquete arrangement appears on every Cherry tree within sight: The one next door, The groves in the New York Botanical Garden, The arcing rows of Harbor Island Park. Pink blossoms, bursting along the sidewalks of New Rochelle, Larchmont and Mamarroneck. That sultry shade of…
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Spring Break Premier
Saturday, April 20, 2024: the first full day of my spring vacation. We’ve already shook our heads over StateFarm’s overpriced auto insurance bill. Our son dressed early for work, and he left with plenty of time. I helped Mira post to her website’s blog. Oh, yeah: I wrote some poetry of my own on mine.…
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Midway
The United States was aware that the Japanese were planning an attack in the Pacific (on a location the Japanese code-named “AF”) because Navy cryptanalysts had begun breaking Japanese communication codes in early 1942. The attack location and time were confirmed when the American base at Midway sent out a false message that it was…