Tag: haibun
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#Wayback Wednesday (1/10/18)…an .@ImageCurve #haibun… #poetry #haiku
Holiday Epilogue Oil cracks on the frying pan in the kitchen. Dice in a boggle bubble rattle. I just can’t stopplays on the black-and-blue mini radio Frankie got for Christmas. Aroma of frying breadcrumbs permeates the living room. Anticipation and dread for tomorrow slowly strangle me. It’s that time. January night— Preparing the last…
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#Tanka Tuesday (1/9/18): Low Winter Sun …an Ekphrastic #tankaprose…#haiku #poetry #photo
“low winter sun” by Sharnon Knight “low winter sun” a pathfinder’s way ends at home fresh snow and bare trees a welcome sight We swore we passed the same farmhouse. Weather-worn, with a silo near the barn, and perhaps a shed set back in the same, full field. Each one lay along a state road…
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Our Post-Mortem: an .@ImageCurve winter moon #haibun for #dVersepoets
Our Post-Mortem I sit on your beige sofa across from you in your living room. Mike — your husband, my fraternity brother— prepares the VHS tape. Of your wedding. There is a moment when he’s in the kitchen. I see you, seated cross-legged, some serene Buddha of a woman. Only a hint of…
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#Haikai Challenge #15 (1/6/18): Winter Storm or Artic cold #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga
Welcome to 2018! A shout-out all of you that participated in last week’s challenge: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Zander 3. Jane Dougherty 4. Xenia Tran 5. Janice (Ontheland) 6. Jules 7. Alice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. And now, for the first Haikai challenge of the year: This week,…
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#Free-Style Friday #2: a re-issue of Winter’s Gift at a Vacation’s End – #Haibun #Poem .@ImageCurve
Amazing what a poet-blogger can learn in a year. Enjoy my repost of “A Winter’s Gift at a Vacation’s End”. Winter’s Gift at a Vacation’s End A layer of snow rests on the deck. Just a dusting. The reflection of tile on the storm door blends with that thin layer of snow. …
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#Throwdown Thursday (1/4/18): My latest on .@ImageCurve…#haibun #poetry
When Mowing, Mow The tractor mower drives toward the pygmy Chinese Maple. The engine’s drone, heard through ear protectors. The stiff steering wheel, gripped in gloved hands. The long grasses stretch to the sun. solstice beside the tractor flattened grass first published in Image Curve, January 4, 2018 photo by JANNIK SELZ on…
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The Agony and Ecstasy of Doors: a #haibun…#haiku #poetry
Rome. Arch of Janus in the Foro Boario. Facade towards the Tevere river. Through the arch, the porch of the church of Saint George in Velabro is seen. By No machine-readable author provided. MM assumed (based on copyright claims). [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Who could imagine that a locked, white-paneled double-door would offer…
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#Tanka Tuesday (1/2/18): Ordinary Grace–a #tankaprose #haibun…#poetry #haiku
Photo by Olesia Misty on Unsplash An alchemic drive to transform this fallen world into paradise how many moments of Grace missed in the ordinary? We almost don’t recognize each other. Her near-pixie cut hair and blue lipstick, and my ever-growing beard, conspire to conceal us. A moment later, we exchange our…
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