Tag: haibun
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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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Vernal Agony and Ecstasy: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse
Summer sun air conditioner straining against the humid air Cheer the gift of fresh cool air be amazed that it still flows Only the last scheduled New York State Regents exams to proctor. Only the last compliance work to complete. Only prom and graduation, faculty meeting and final party. Only the self-paced…
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Everturning: A #haibun #Quadrille
The water cycle. The life cycle. The cycles of my mistakes. The wheel turns and turns, a child’s merry-go-round spinning too fast. The rock cycle. The universal cycle. What goes around, comes around. Solstice another turn of the seasons why can’t time stand still? For dVerse Poets’ Quadrille…
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“Essential” Featured in Poets United: Poems of the Week!
Thrilled to have my haibun Essential featured in Poems of the Week from Poets United! Thank you, Sherry, for the invitation and conversation! A special shout-out to Robin Kimber and Julian Clarke, whose poems are also featured! ESSENTIAL “In the beginning was the word…” Logos. The essence of consciousness, the embodied will of…
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#Haikai Challenge #38 (6/17/18): Solstice (Geshi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash The Few. The Brave. The Haijin that faced the FIFA challenge! 😉 Congratulations, contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena 2. Merril D. Smith 3. Janice (Ontheland) 4. Dwight L. Roth 5. Jules @ Strands 6. Revived Writer 7. Floating Rabbit Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya!…
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