Tag: haibun
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Relocating the Gingerbread Man: A #Christmas #holiday #haibun courtesy of .@ImageCurve
Relocating the Gingerbread Man It is a delicate procedure. One so precarious that Frankie runs from the kitchen, saying, “I can’t bear to watch in case this goes south.” Mira emerges from the kitchen. The gingerbread house Frankie worked on rests on a glass cake stand. new centerpiece iTunes’ carols playing as a proud pastry…
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#Haikai Challenge #12 (12/17/17): Winter Solstice #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
(Illumination of Earth by Sun on the day of winter solstice on northern hemisphere. Image by Przemyslaw “Blueshade” Idzkiewicz.) Look who ran the gauntlet of last week’s Haikai Challenge: qbit– Haiku–Ever Falling Green Snow Jules Paige– Light; opaque obstructions Charley– Haiku: Snow on Evergreen Jilly– Perennial Petru– Tanka Xenia Trans– Haiku: First Snow ; Haibun:…
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#Free-style Friday (12/15/17): My latest is up…Morning Thunderstorm – #Haibun #haiku #poetry| .@ImageCurve
Morning Thunderstorm The skylight rattles under a tumult of fresh rain. The windchime dances in a sudden wind; it’s tritonal melody incessantly plays on. Thunder booms. The storm ebbs and flows. Lightning flashes twice. Thunderclaps follow. The road through it awaits. cloudbreak cottontails graze on wet grass first published in Image Curve, December…
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#Throwdown Thursday 12/14/17: December 14, 2012…#haibun #haiku #poetry
My father died of pancreatic cancer on this day in 2011. A year later, the Sandy Hook shooting occurred. These two traumatic events have intertwined in my life in ways that I can’t even imagine. The following haibun bears witness to that first anniversary of Dad’s death, and that tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. December…
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#Wayback Wednesday: A Celebration #poetry #haibun #poetsunited #imagecurve
Unexpected Feast All thirty of us sit at folding tables covered in plastic in Oscar’s hot, unfinished basement. Pipes emerge from the boiler in the back corner. One of them runs the length of the basement over our heads. We eat Mariscara—a paella with lobster in a red sauce sans the rice; barbequed…
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Mowing and Remembrance…a #haibun for #dversepoets
The old Yard Machine awaits. Dried out grass fills every groove in its tires. The hood, which snapped off its hinges snagging a low-hanging branch, loosely rests over the motor. One of its blades must surely have bent by now. As I muster the will to use it, I imagine Dad riding it once more.…
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A Culinary Marvel: An excerpt from Smuggler’s Notch Travelogue, Part III…#haibun #haiku #poetry #dversepoets
(yelp.com) Peeling red paint on weather-worn siding of a glorified barn—not an auspicious first impression! We wait to be seated. The décor is both trendy and quaint: Dim light, dark paneling, streamers with various-colored lights, Sombreros on one wall. Seated at last, we order. My enchilada is as good as any I had at home.…
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#Haikai Challenge #11 (12/9/17): first snow OR ever green #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renku
Another successful challenge in the books! Congratulations to last week’s participating haijin: Jilly: Thirsting and SuperMoon! Charley: Haiku–Full Frost Moon Zander: Arid Haiku Linda: #Haiku: Sacred qbit: Haiku- Arid Petrujviljoen: Arid revivedwriter: Desert Ultreya! It’s snowing in southeast New York. We’re expected to get between three to eight inches, or one to three, depending on which gambler–er, meteorologist–you listen to. My…
Frank J. Tassone 