Tag: haiku
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The Ressurection will not be Televised: a #gembun #sequence (4/2/21): Day 2 #nationalpoetrymonth
If not for one refused homage… I have not the strength left to say another word, so the crowd shouts plenty against me. CONDEMNED the grip of guilt on the throat How crushing is this weight? BEARING THE CROSS count the number of steps before The dirt of the street mixes with the blood of…
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My Daily #Haiku (4/2/21) #nationalpoetrymonth
4/2/21: quiver gathering wolvesthe inconvenience ofan empty quiver #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2021 #glomowrimo2021 #NationalPoetryMonth
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Perilous Introductions: A deranged #haibun #nationalpoetrymonth
falling stars all we inherit is the wind Do you imagine that you know me? Oh, you do, you do. Heard all of my stories? You’ve heard enough, I’m sure. Just another trickster, right? Stealing the sun from the Great Spirit? Tricking a white man out of his clothes? Gambling his wife away to his…
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“even as…” a #tanka (4/1/21)
4/1/21: prompt-free even asa cool drizzlefallsmy constant gardinerseeds our property #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2021 #glopowrimo2021 #nationalpoetrymonth
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My Daily #Haiku (4/1/21)
4/1/21: jester the sweaton the jester’s jerkinSpring rain #haiku #micropoetry #napowrimo2021 #glopowrimo2021 #NationalPoetryMonth
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“beneath…” a #tanka (3/31/21)
3/31/21: unprompted beneaththis overcast skya lone robinstill marks its territorywith a beautiful song #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (3/31/21)
3/31/21: anniversary Anniversaryanother Easterwithout mass #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #COVID19
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Vernal Ephemera: a #haibun
A year plus since the lockdown, and another Spring teases seasonal change. While the sun radiates the neighborhood, uneclipsed by a single cloud, a chilly breeze blows. The daffodils broke hibernation, with the forsythias following close behind. Nevertheless, a familiar, invernal chill lingers. Tomorrow promises showers; my aching joints confirm. And new COVID cases surge…
Frank J. Tassone 