Tag: haibun
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#Monoku Monday: A #Quadrille for #dVersepoets
Close of New Year’s Day New Year still the soft glow of Christmas lights Neil Diamond’s voice fills the living room. Mira and Frankie lie sprawled on a couch and chair-ottoman, facing their screens. Our Last vacation day, before we leap into action! uncried tears this January …
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#VisionQuest: a #NewYears Manifesto #haibun #haiku #poetry
Over at Real Toads, Bjorn calls on us to write a manifesto for 2018. I’m one for goals, not New Year’s resolutions. But when I reflected on this post, I realize there is one vision I can achieve, and 2018’s as good a year as any to do so. I have practiced centering prayer for…
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#NewYearsEve flashback: an .@ImageCurve #haibun
New Year’s Dinner Gathered at the end of the table: Platters of feijoada (pig’s feet with chick peas), trays of rice, glasses topped with red wine so deep and strong it could pass for whiskey. Mira puts down a plate of Carne Alentejana (Pork Cubes with Clams and fried potatoes). My favorite. The men talk…
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#Haikai Challenge #14 (12/30/17): New Year #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga
unsplash-logoNordWood Themes Oh, you festive Haijin! Behold, your celebratory posts from last week’s challenge: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Zander 2. ToniKanzen correct link 3. Jane Dougherty 4. Ken Gierke/rivrvlogr 5. ToniKanzen 6. Charley (Life in Portofino) 7. Jules 8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Merril D. Smith 10. Janice (Ontheland) 11. qbit 12. Revived Writer Powered…
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#Free-style Friday (12/29/17): a #haikuchallenge top tweet…
fallen leaves crunching under our feet my dashed hopes #haikuchallenge (crunch) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry from my (then) latest #haibun for #dversepoets: https://frankjtassone.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/crunch-a-quadrille-haibun-for-dversepoets/
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#Throwdown Thursday (12/28/17): My latest on .@ImageCurve #haibun #haiku #poetry
A Missed Invitation Mira and two of her nieces are outside. I stepped into Mom’s bedroom. She sat at her desk. The TV beside her played a Law and Order rerun. Her hair rested unbrushed and straight. She wore her house outfit: black slacks, with a causal navy-blue button-down blouse. “How would you like to…
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#Wayback Wednesday 12/27/17…New Year’s Eve prep…#haibun #poetry #haiku
Finishing Their Cupcakes Mira and Frankie finish making the cupcakes. She raises her voice over his removal of something. Then she shows him the final touches: applying cream. ground dark-chocolate and peppermint. chocolate chips. She pours more icing, telling him to “hold on” and “wait.” They’ve made more than cupcakes for New Year’s Eve by…
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#Haikai Challenge #13 (12/23/17): Christmas #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Welcome back, haijin! Pat yourselves on the back for the marvelous job you did last week! For those of you here for the first time, behold: 1. Charley (Life in Portofino) 2. Jules 3. Zander 4. ToniKanzen 5. Pat R 6. Merril D. Smith 7. qbit 8. Xenia Tran 9. Janice (Ontheland) 10. Jane Dougherty…
Frank J. Tassone 