Tag: haibun
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Getting schooled
Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: One Sunday long, long ago, I went to religious school and got roped into an impromptu play. One more person was needed to fill the ranks, and that person – despite my protests – turned out to be me. It wasn’t much of a play, really, which was…
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#Tanka Tuesday #2…Chillin’ out
Ode to our refrigerator Look what you hold inside, you stainless steel superconductor of cold. There’s the homemade lentil soup Mira made last night. And not far along Your offering shelf, anothe r of her dishes in a container, ready to go to work. The Brita pitcher, orange juice, the creamer we always return to…
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Our Witness #haibun #haiku #Quadrille #dVerse
We saw firefighters raise the flag at Ground Zero. Twin Tower girders forged into a cross. a woman use her SUV as an ambulance while shots fired. Those gave their lives for others when bullets fell. We are Hope’s witnesses. After this darkness light for dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille…
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#Senryu Saturday…Ah, Marital blisss…
A Burger King Conversation “I used to stop in New Paltz after class for these chicken sandwiches.” “No wonder you were so fat!” Thruway rest stop after seventeen years still newlyweds
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#Free-verse Friday 10/6/17…Passing seasons and Opportunities… #haiku #haibun
Spring Party, Autumn Post His son’s face is covered in a greenish-yellow goo! Chris holds his daughter, showing an “aw shucks” grin. I stare at his Facebook photo. The last time he called, I knelt on a sub floor, laying $4.00/tile Italian Porcelain with Jeff. He and I were finishing the renovation of my kitchen.…
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#Throw-down Thursday Redux: a #haibun #poetry from .@ImageCurve for #dVerse’s OLN
Today’s Fire Another fire engine races up River Road. Lights flash. A siren wails. A horn blasts. We don’t smell smoke anymore, but a gray haze hangs over the evergreens on the mountains. A two-lane strip of asphalt separates those mountains from the outer edge of our neighborhood. Cold comfort, as another engine races by.…
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#Throw-down Thursday 10/5/17: #Haibun #Poetry: Today’s Fire | .@ImageCurve
Check it out here: https://www.imagecurve.com/todays-fire/
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#Way-back Wednesday (10/4/17)…when two is a crowd…#haibun #haiku
At a Garage in Tallman I brought my car in for inspection at Tallman Tire and Auto. A tall, thin man with graying brown hair under a Yankee fitted cap smiles. He was one of Frankie’s baseball coaches—Tyler’s dad. We talk, friendly but guarded. He came for an inspection, too—after getting a ticket in…
Frank J. Tassone 