Tag: haibun
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Eclipsed Expectations
A dragon swallowed the sun. Darkness engulfed the lands. The people grieved, rending their hearts and garments. Did some sacrifice defeated warriors or maidens atop ziggurats to appease the sun-stealing serpent? Were their deaths in vain? a pine envined the scent of incense sold for six pence New York City lay outside the totality. Even…
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A Fool’s Ballad
Jaime Amadán, the bastard son of the Tuatha de Danann, Lugh, and a down-on-her-luck actress, Mary. Jaime Amadán, the wise fool who rode the dragon that everyone else forced back into its cave. Jaime Amadán, a forgotten hero whose legendary exploits reveal for us the choice: to live in ordinary sorrow, or in extraordinary joy.…
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Stellar Encounters
Sirius held his wife Myrna and daughter Siobean close. Another impact shook the ship, and more screams of alarm filled the hold. He bit back his curse against the universe. All he wanted was to see his family safe? Was that too much? Captain Viscerius of the Santere cruiser Hellspont smugly grinned at the image…
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Those Jitters
Another Sunday night. Another knotted gut, clenched by the angst of the work-week to come. And the complications of a troubled collaboration. Some days, no matter the progress I believe I have made, I feel as stuck as ever. even through darkness half moon
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#Haikai Challenge II #13 (4/6/24): total solar eclipse (Kaiki nisshoku) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
Happiness is seeing haijin embracing poetry! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugi2. Peter3. Jules 4. Melissa5. Petru6. Suzette Benjamin 7. Ben Tonkin8. Kerfe Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! This monday marks a total solar eclipse! On Monday, a total solar eclipse will cross North America – a phenomenon that has not…
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Weird Wisdom?
The man at the Al-Anon meeting celebrated 25 years of recovery. His simple eloquence inspired us. His was a testament to the power of ordinary living through serenity, courage, and wisdom–the fruit of integrating extraordinary grace. But it was what he did before he sat down from speaking that remains. He lifted up the 25-year…
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Sirening
The wind cries, wailes, groans. The house shudders. Lightning flashes. & everywhere, pouring rain. I tremble on the couch with each flash, thunder interrupting my reading of Ox Herders and Aquinas. Outside, I cry, wail, groan. I shake the house. I flash across the sky. & everywhere, me, pouring down. Chuangxi dreamed he was a…
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Lunar Amity
(Photo by John McKaveney: Bright Moon) I can’t remember when we met. Was I truly just a boy? Gazing up at you, as you coyly peaked out of the clouds, some star-obscured night. I can certainly remember the loves I brought before you. Our deep embraces, so luscious with savored intimacy, offered up to you like…
Frank J. Tassone 