Tag: haibun
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#Publication Alert (12/2/17): Mowing and Remembrance appears in Haibun Today! #haibun #haiku #poetry
Happy that my haibun Mowing and Remembrance appears in Haibun Today, December 2017, v.11, n.4! Mowing and Remembrance 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…
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#ThrowdownThursday 11/30/17…my latest on .@ImageCurve: Scattered So Early #Haibun #haiku #poetry
Scattered So Early BY FRANK J. TASSONE · 30TH NOVEMBER 2017 A body in full rebellion Stomach cramps nausea vertigo A mind in disarray Swirling thoughts Songs Mania rising, falling Winds in full swirl Chime singing, Newly budding maples swaying A clock that ticks mercilessly on morning sky indifference to suffering or relief…
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A #haibun about #change for #dVerse…#poetry #haiku
Last Laugh Sitting on a rock, cross-legged, I pretend to meditate. My eyes half-closed, hands on my knees fingers up, I keep repeating “ommm.” Even when he’s so far up the trail, I see that scowl of confusion I live for. Years later, when he’s only an old photograph and another Facebook name, I still…
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A Poet’s Plans…#haibun #haiku #poetry #dVerse
Over at dVerse, Toni sings her swan song as a bartender, and she asks us to consider our plans for tonight’s Haibun Monday. While she will remain a patron of dVerse, she departs as a staff member, so she can pursue her writing and education goals. Best of luck to you, Toni! A Poet’s Plans…
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#HaikaiChallenge #9(11/25/2017)…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka
Take a bow, poets, for accepting last week’s challenge! Jilly– Live Oaks Retain Life petrujiveljoen– Thanksgiving qbit– Haiku–Thanksgiving Xenia Tran– Tanka: Counting Blessings revivedwriter– Thanksgiving Moving on to this week’s challenge! November comes to a close this week. Days shorten. Leaves shrivel and drop. Winter’s chill approaches. What could be a better time to celebrate…
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#FreestyleFriday 11/24/17…on “My Favorite Things”…#haibun #haiku #poetry
Fluidity on “My Favorite Things” First bars: da-da da, da da da: piano play. Steamer on an expresso machine superheats a caramel macchiato in the making. Or a cork on a bottle of California Burgundy pops open. Jazz-rhythm drums, catching the downbeat and bridging the intro, until the soul-satisfying melody line of John Coltrane’s saxophone…
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A Special #ThrowbackThursday 11/23/17 #haibun on comfort…#haiku #poetry #imaginarygardenswithrealtoads
Cup of Tea, Cup of Coffee Eighteen years earlier across the pond, a cup of hot Earl Grey tea. Hot bitter-sweetness spreads out from the first sip. Daylight fills the living room through cream curtains. The hum of morning traffic arises from a busy Wigmore Street. Today, at home, a cup of hot Columbian coffee.…
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#Publication Alert 11/23/17 #haibun #haiku #poetry
Happy to appear in Product Poet’s latest paper! https://paper.li/ProductPoet/1361288961#/ Click “#haiku,” then “all haiku.” It’s the post that begins “#Wayback Wednesday 11/22/17…”
Frank J. Tassone 