Tag: haiku
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My Daily #Haiku (3/7/19)
3/7/19: Helm/Conn crow caw — “Saavik, take the Conn!” after all these years #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A Misplaced Kindness?
28 September, 1918. A crossroads in the French village of Marcoing. Private Henry Tandey, of the 5th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment’s 5th Battalion, encounters a wounded, fatigued German soldier. The enemy does not even raise his rifle, although Private Tandey has the man in his sights. Tandey is no coward. Earlier the same day, he…
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My Daily #Haiku (3/6/19)
3/6/19: tiller sudden storma trembling handon the tiller #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“Ash Wednesday…” a #tanka (3/6/19)
3/6/19: spring breakfast Ash Wednesday an English muffin breakfast with peanut butter and yet another snowstorm arrives by the weekend #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Metanoia
Mardi Gras arrives again. The revelers gather to embrace the excess that precedes the abstinance. There is a time to feast and a time to fast. But there are no parades for us: no thrown beads, no expositions, no chanting crowds of tourists. Our celebration is a simple fried chicken filete dinner with broccoli rabe…
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“morning barking…” a #tanka (3/5/19)
3/5/19: aging morning bark the stiff back after removing snow another remarkable gift of aging #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (3/5/19)
3/5/19: tempest still wind chimes the tempest-strewn snow clear of the branches #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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This March Madness: a #writephoto #haibun
Sunlight from an unclouded sky radiates the snow-covered lawns of the neighborhood. This winter that gently bleated in its youth roars in its dotage. Nevertheless, the gates of seasonal change stand ajar, as the vernal equinox approaches. Soon the blossoms will unfold. The botanical gardens will yield their bloom. The morning air will echo with…
Frank J. Tassone 