Tag: haibun
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#Wayback Wednesday (3/21/18): Flea Market…an .@ImageCurve #haibun
Flea Market BY FRANK J. TASSONE · 20TH NOVEMBER 2014 Haibun Poem A green mountain coffee sign stands in the aisle. Cotton T-shirts and three-quarter shirts with band and sports regalia logos hang on wracks or rest folded on tables inside many booths. Others held piles of DVDs and paperbacks. Then we find the statues. Sts. Michael,…
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A Defiant Embrace of Spring : a #Tanka Tuesday #tankaprose
The Weather Channel vernal bliss do not go gentle into this new spring! rage, rage against the living of winter! So the equinox comes. Spring, for we living north of the equator. Fall, for those dwelling south of it. The inauguration of a temperate season, regardless of hemisphere, commences today. Nevertheless, Nor’easter Toby…
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A Haijin’s Tale: a #haibun for #dversepoets
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash I remember the wonder of reading about Zeus and his Olympians fighting the Titans in Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. I remember the delight reading about Lucy meet the Faun in Narnia in C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I remember the fascination of reading about Bilbo free the dwarves…
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#Haikai Challenge #25 (3/17/18): (Spring) Equinox (higan) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
All dug out, haijin? Clearly, many of you enjoyed frolicking in the snow. Here are your contributions! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Pat R 2. Jane Dougherty 3. KanzenToni 4. KanzenToni 5. Victoria Slotto 6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 7. Jules 8. Reena Saxena 9. Jane Dougherty 10. Sue Vincent 11. Revived Writer 12.…
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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…
Frank J. Tassone 