Tag: haibun
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Coffee-making Mayhem…#npm2018 #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo #senryu #haibun
“Did you pour water?” As gasping sounds emerge from the coffee maker… “Why wouldn’t I?” a quick check of the machine anyway… Reveals a coffee-maker filled with coffee. But not water. “Fool of a man! Less poetry, more coffee-making!” As a hastily-added caraf of water pours into a thirsty machine!…
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First Easter After Dad: an .@ImageCurve #haibun…#napowrimo2018 #npm
First Easter after Dad Chocolate-centered pastries; strawberry shortcake; sliced pineapple, melon and cantaloupe: all on platters spread across the row of tables. A pitcher of homemade red wine sits near empty glasses. Mira and her sisters rest on the sofas in the adjoining living room. My brothers-in-law linger at the dining room…
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#Haikai Challenge #27 (3/31/18): White Lily or Azalea (tsutsuji) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
courtesy of Walsingham | National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham Spring continues to emerge, Haijin! The growing warmth of the season has melted all but the most stubborn patches of snow. Here’s to those of you that joined in the spirit of transformation of this season by sharing in last week’s challenge, Triduum.…
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#Freestyle Friday (3/30/18): a flashback to “Empty Signs on a Sacred Day #haibun #npm17 #napowrimo2017”
Originally posted on Frank J. Tassone: I see the sun and wonder why. A clear blue sky doesn’t suit Good Friday. Where are the black clouds? Where is the imminent sense of a universe screaming? Robins, sparrows and cardinals mark their territory in song. A distant dogwood has the audacity to bloom. Meanwhile, inside the house,…
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Triduum: a #Tanaga-prose #haibun
courtesy of the National Catholic Register Holy Thursday. My intention to attend mass collides with our exhaustion. Mira and I both have not slept well the past two nights–she worse off than me. A simple marinara penne with tilapia and shrimp, a bountiful glass of burgundy or three, and our inevitable crash on the…
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#Throwdown Thursday (3/29/18): my latest #haibun “A Montebello School Commencement” is up on .@ImageCurve
A Montebello School Commencement Frankie and I are home. He’ll soon put on a light-green, button-down collared shirt, a pair of Khakis and dockers. We’ll drop him off at the middle school and take our seats in the auditorium. For his promotion ceremony. I blinked, and my son turned eleven and graduated elementary…
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#Wayback Wednesday (3/28/18): Dreaming Dad from Haibun Today
Dreaming Dad You come with us to a picnic ground. Scattered cottonball clouds float across a blue summer sky. Lush, green grass feels soft under our feet. Maple and birch trees enclose the area. We sit at a weathered picnic table splintering with age. You wear your cream short-sleeve shirt, khaki shorts and those worn,…
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Spring Suite: an .@ImageCurve #haibun collection
Prologue Spring morning a moment of grace in the sun winter-hardened soil yields the season’s first chutes Spring Suite, Part I: At the NJ Botanical Gardens The twin rows of apple trees define a path down the center of Skyland Manor’s Great Lawn. They won’t blossom until May. Many…
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