Tag: haiku
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#SilentSunday (10/6/19)
A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!
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#Haikai Challenge #107 (10/5/19): fall foliage (red leaves (momiji)) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you for honoring Rosh Hashanah, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena2. Jules 3. Tessa4. Jane Dougherty 5. Jane Dougherty6. Jade Li/Lisa Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: It’s October. Maple leaves have begun to turn. A spectacle of brilliant color appears as the sun sets. The…
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Up There: A #TankaProse
Breathing hard. Heart racing like never before. I lean against a pine. The trail continues. But will I? Step by step by step. Until the rocky apex of Sentinal Dome appears. The climax of the ascent before me, I pour out the last of my strength to reach the top. The whole of Yosemite valley…
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My Daily #Haiku (10/5/19)
10/5/19: pierce contemplating a way to pierce the Veil … twilight #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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An Environmental Prophet’s Welcome: a #tankaprose
Greta Thunberg sat alone outside her school. She had gone on strike to protest climate change. A year later, children throughout the world joined her. NYC students received exemption from school absense for participating in the strike. She even spoke before the UN General Assembly. For her courageous witness, a multitude of (mostly) conservative, climate-change-denying…
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My Daily #Haiku (10/4/19)
10/4/19: before the rain tired grasshopper …these freshly fallen leavesbefore the rain #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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More Insomnial Moments: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun
Quarter past midnight. The last remnant of relaxing chamomile leaves a tangy, bitter aftertaste. “Zigzagging to the light” plays across my mind as I put down an extended meditation on mentorship in Robert McDowell’s Poetry as a Spiritual Practice. I’ll face the bed again. And hope to get the sleep I desperately need. Perhaps I…
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My Daily #Haiku (10/3/19)
10/3/19: creak “Halloween”… jumping at the creak of every door #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry