Tag: haibun
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Of Love and Struggle: a #tankaprose…#tanka #haiku #poetry
(Alexander Bruckmann Allegorie des Fruehlings 1842) chosen fate a life put to the test for the final time “If you are the son of God…” Devil’s words in the crowd’s mouth Life is not without it’s sense of irony. Valentin’s day falls on Ash Wednesday this year. The day celebrating romantic love coincides…
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The Old Neighborhood: A #haibun…#haiku #poetry
(courtesy of the New York Times, October 2, 2016) The Sleepy Hollow, New York neighborhood of Webber Park lies between a bend in Route 9 and the historical Sleepy Hollow Cemetary and Old Dutch Church. It’s across the State road from the equally historical Phillipsburg Manor. Multi-family homes on small lots flank the warren…
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Super Bowl LII (2/4/18): a #haibun #silent Sunday sign-off…#haiku #poetry
Now, I leave you to enjoy America’s unofficial holiday. As an avid NY Giants fan, I route for the New England Patriots. The Eagles are the Giants’ division rival. I won’t abide their fans having bragging rights all off-season (sorry, Toni! 😆) More importantly, Tom Brady must go into the Hall of Fame as the…
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#Haikai Challenge #19 (2/3/18): Skylark #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga
By Daniel Pettersson [CC BY-SA 2.5 se (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/se/deed.en) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Have you eaten enough crow, haijin? 🙂 We had another impressive showing this past week! I get the feeling many of you like birds! LOL! Behold, your haikai: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr…
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#Freestyle Friday (2/2/18): A #Flashback Friday .@ImageCurve special! #haibun
Experience the joy of Mira’s pizza this #Freestyle Friday, with this .@ImageCurve #haibun!
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#Throwdown Thursday (2/1/18): My latest is up on .@ImageCurve…#haibun #haiku
My latest #haibun in up on .@ImageCurve! #haiku #poetry
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Diana’s Admonition: A #haibun for #SuperBlueBloodMoon…#haiku #poetry
Do I scandalize you, mortals? How even when full, I hide my face, as though blushing in shame for some crime? Why should I not bow as my mother passes before me? Do you not reverence your own mothers? And do not trouble me about that hunter, again! How many of you would muster…
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#Tanka Tuesday (1/30/18): Looking Glass Lives–a #tankaprose…#haiku #haibun #poetry
Photo by Mike Wilson on Unsplash rippling pond a long search in vain for the ties that bind How much longer will you stare for the answer that won’t come? More gray than I’d like to admit. Growing crow’s feet. Lines under my blue eyes I don’t see in myself. A sorrow in those eyes, along…
Frank J. Tassone 