Tag: haibun
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An Exodus from the Cave: a #freeverse Friday (3/16/18) #writephoto #haibun
A rush of wind. The aroma of evergreen and fresh grass. A sudden urge to move for the first time in how many lifetimes? And the first movement is always the hardest. Searing sunlight. Nearly two millenia in darkness burned away in a moment. Granite slabs like palace steps, looking so much more weatherworn…
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A Mortal Scream Epistle: a #shadormaprose #letterpoem
Edvard Munch [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons You would not understand were you still on my side of the veil. I only hope that on your side, you do, and will forgive me for bearing witness. Just as I hope to someday forgive you. Three AM you dare scream my…
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#Throwdown Thursday (3/15/18): My latest is up… Summer Virus – #Haibun | .@ImageCurve
Summer Virus BY FRANK J. TASSONE · 15TH MARCH 2018 Haibun The bloated feeling began when we drove home from the library. The cramping began later, when we came to bed. Rolaids offered no relief. The cramping soon became stabbing pains, waking me up. I had dreamed that Mom suggested I take a stool softener.…
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Hearthfire: A #Tanka Tuesday-on-a-Wednesday #tankaprose #Quadrille
Hearthfire new fire enduring fresh smoke from burning verdant wood Your face in firelight as you retell your story you familiar words, rising above the cackling flames and flying sparks snowfall the gentle grace by which you balance fuel this blazing hearthfire our only warmth for: dVerse’s Quadrille #52 Let’s Fire…
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#Haikai Challenge #24 (3/10/18): Snow (Yuki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Courtesy of ABC News, March 7, 2018 Were you blown away, haijin? I know I was! Congrats to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules 2. Jane Dougherty 3. Vivian Zems 4. Reena Saxena 5. Jules 2 6. Janice (Ontheland) 7. Jane Dougherty (2) 8. Xenia Tran 9. Linda Lee Lyberg 10.…
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An overlong meeting (3/6/18)…
…prevents me from posting my usual #tankaprose this evening. Expect it sometime tomorrow. Who knew a school board meeting could run n three hours? 😆 first snowfall from the next Nor’easter the day’s fatigue
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A Love Token: a #tankaprose… #haiku #haibun #tanka
Photo by Carlos Quintero on Unsplash you revive all my words of love from our green moments a present you present me one bright afternoon There they are. Every verse I ever wrote, on every card I ever gave. All typed in Times-New Roman font in a word file. You print me the file you created…
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No Ke Me: an .@ImageCurve #haibun for #dversepoets
Fickle Weather A gray canopy scatters in a sudden wind. Sunlight bathes the parched grass in radiance it no longer needs. A moment later, one last cloudbank eclipses the sun. budding Maple yearning for warmer days more by FRANK J. TASSONE photograph by Sam X first published in Image Curve, March 17,…
Frank J. Tassone 