Tag: haibun
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A Little Housekeeping (6/30/18)
It’s summer! Do you know what that means? Yes! Vacation! My family and I will be going on vacation this coming week. Therefore, you can expect the following while I’m away: dVerse Poets Pub is on break until July 16th, so you won’t see any posts related to their prompts. I may…
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#Haikai Challenge #40 (6/30/18): Independence #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Did you manage to stay dry, haijin? Some of you embraced the rain! Congratulations to last week’s contributors Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. awisewomansjourney 3. Dwight L. Roth 4. Reena Saxena 5. Jules 6. Revived Writer 7. Zander 8. Janice 9. Pat R 10. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by……
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Sea Shore Encounters: a #writephoto #haibun
The waves slap the shore again and again. White foam crests burst into sprays of saline moisture. The sporadic cry of passing terns adds a staccato harmony to the rumbling surf’s deep bass. I sat here more than sixteen years ago–at night. The last light of the moon passed behind the gathering rainclouds…
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Vernal Inauguration: A #ThrowdownThursday #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
The train rattles to the top of the hill. Two American flags stand like sentries at the apex. The stage, the other side of the park, the Long Island shoreline across the Sound all lie in sight for one fleeting moment. Then the train rushes down the first turn, accelerating. Next, it descends…
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Stunning Contrasts on a Summer Day: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse
a cool summer breeze a time to sow or to reap every moment I lay my burden down to pick it up again The last taste of burgundy rests in the well of a used wine glass. She strolls the garden after rinsing something in the sink. Maple leaves flutter in the woosh…
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#Haikai Challenge #39 (6/23/18): midsummer rain (samidare) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Summer has officially come to the northern hemisphere, haijin! You celebrated it in fine haikai style! Congratulations, contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena 2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 3. Dwight L. Roth 4. Jules @ Jewels 5. Revived Writer 6. Xenia Tran 7. Floating Rabbt 8. Janice (Ontheland) 9. Linda Lee Lyberg…
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Disgruntled Errand Run: a #FreestyleFriday .@ImageCurve #haibun
Three library books with me that I don’t intend to return. Three at home that I intended to return. Credit accrued and surrendered just to return a viola. Nearly $100 for two baseball mitts. A call for a test script that comes after I walk in the front door. And I disliked all…
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Of Medicinal Malice and Momentary Humanity: A #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #TankaProse
Children wait at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry, in the US-Mexico border in Chihuahua State, Mexico on June 20, 2018. Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images Somewhere in south Texas, a child cries. Uniformed men pulled him from his screaming mother’s arms, and brought him far away. He sits by a cot, surrounded by other…
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