Tag: haiku

  • Of Stormriding and Picnicking (Again)

    The aches throb. Even the sensations of fatigue have tired. The sleepless night, the challenging day facing students that had a week off, the planning of a poetry jam: They were the breakers. I was the eroding shore. But the Irish song is right: I “weathered the storm” and came “out smiling in the end.”…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/29/19)

    4/29/19: jack-knife clear sky — a jack-knifed tractor-trailer on the highway #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 29/30

  • #Haikai Challenge #83 (4/28/19): blossom haze (hanagumori) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope every celebrant enjoyed Easter, and a very happy Easter to those celebrating Orthodox Easter today. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. The Dark Netizen2. Jane Dougherty3. Jules4. Deborah 5. Tessa6. Helene Vaillant7. Revived Writer8. Dwight L. Roth 9. Ennle Madresan10. Violet Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead. The…

  • To Write a #Haibun / #TankaProse: an #Ekphrastic #MetaPoem

    See what you see: A river of starlight across the black, the sparkles of starlight across dark water. Experience the sight. Feel the awe that comes from perceiving the sheer immensity of the expanse. Marvel at the serene joy of light amidst darkness. Then imbed sight and intrepretation in language that evokes the musicality of…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/28/19)

    4/28/19: ladybug April rainsomewhere in the greena ladybug #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 28/30

  • Going Our Way

    O! that you were your self; but, love you areNo longer yours, than you your self here live: moonlight rippling on a pond the way we go I ceased to be myself when I loved you. I become someone more, as did you. Together, let our intertwined hands hold fast as long as they can!…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (4/27/19)

    Divine Mercy Shrine She pulls me out of line for Confession #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 #GloPoWriMo2019

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/27/19)

    4/27/19: landlord weekend getaway … did our tenant trip the breaker again? #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 27/30