Tag: haibun
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Impromptu Pilgrimage: Marion Shrine (my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun)
The Stations of the Cross lead us to Lady Park. There, refurbished statues, on new pedestals that depict the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious mysteries of the Rosary, line a path. At the end of the path, a 48-foot-tall, 6.5-ton Black Madonna stands in the center of the park. A bald woman wearing a visor cap…
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Four Days After Smuggs: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun
Monday. The Orthodontist’s examination room exhibits college banners. Including Binghamton University—SUNY Binghamton—my Alma Mater. mirror to his mouth a view of his overbite Tuesday. The images from Guardians of the Galaxy float off a three-story screen. They’re so close that we can touch them. Even the flying ships and fighting aliens. IMAX premier the darkened…
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#Haikai Challenge #105 (9/21/2019): September Equinox (Tsuki Shunbun) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How did you enjoy your harvest moon, haijin? Thank you for celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the #Haikai Challenge; congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth2. Reena Saxena3. Jane Dougherty4. Tessa5. Revived Writer 6. Janice7. Xenia Tran8. Jules9. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr10. Linda Lee Lyberg 11. Kerfe Roig12. Pat R13.…
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Last Stand: a #tankaprose
A clear sky, with all the radiant sunlight the lawn and leaves can imbibe, and more. A soft breeze that just sets the chimes’ melody with a whisper of song. The cicadas and grasshoppers, along with the non-migratory birds, carry on their own harmony. Not a hint of humidity. Forecasters talk of temperatures reaching the…
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Gaean Karma: a #tankaprose
Can you see their sad gaze yet? Can you hear them weep for you, even now? Smell the aroma of their unseasonal sap. See the darkened hue of their submerged trunks. Listen to the lapping of the water that consumes them. Watch the last flock of birds that will ever call them home migrate for…
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Sequoian Soliloquy: a #Prosery #AmericanSentence #haibun
What life do you imagine you have lived? I pierced the soil and first touched the sun when your ancestors laid the foundations of their castles in your “old country.” I basked in the sun for hundreds of your years before the conquistadors first saw me. Fire, drought, pestilence I endured; I even bear the…
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#Haikai Challenge #104 (9/14/19): harvest moon (meigetsu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope last week was enough wind for you, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Dwight L. Roth3. Zael Sealing4. Tessa 5. Jules6. Linda Lee Lyberg7. Deborah8. Revived Writer 9. Janice10. Kerfe Roig Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Today is the 2nd anniversary of the #Haikai Challenge!…
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Another Insomnial Evening: my latest @ImageCurve #haibun
We lie down at 11:00 in the evening. My feet, legs, elbows feel twisted and itchy. And the sheet feels like a burial shroud. A flood of thoughts and images arise, a torrent from nowhere. Meanwhile, the darkness presses in. But sleep doesn’t come with it. Not until after five, as the rising light of…
Frank J. Tassone 