Tag: haiku
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Rollar-coastering Climate: a #writephoto #haibun
The latest “Storm of the century” dropped a mere inch of snow. Frozen rain fell after, adding an icy crust to snow that it didn’t dissolve. The next day, frigid temperatures that rose no higher than ten degrees Farenheit transformed that snow into icy plains. cold sparrows the biting wind around the funeral home Two…
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The Perils of Letting Go: a #tankaprose
1/25/19: Gerry Muse #140–Letting go The perils of “letting go” “Everything I ever let go had claw marks on it.” I had heard it said in the rooms many times by many people. When I was in therapy for a time, it described well my own conflicts with detachment. I told my therapist. Never imagining…
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My Daily #Haiku (1/25/19)
1/25/19: gray morning disbelief at the news of her death (for Rachel Sutcliffe. Rest In Peace, Haijin!) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A Forgotten Sentry
Deep emerald maple leaves blossom on my neighbor’s tree. The trunk—in shadow—looks almost black. It casts little shade over the aging, clubhouse-swing set that my neighbor worked so hard to erect. The one no one has played on in so long. empty backyardleaves flutter in a passingsummer breeze Photo by Yonan Farah first published in Image…
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My Daily #Haiku (1/24/19)
1/24/19: absence the absence of bird songs winter rain #haiku #monoku #oneline #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (1/23/19)
1/23/19: blood moon Where all my decisions brought me Blood Moon #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A Lycanthrope’s Confession: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse (1/22/19)
Ask your question. Go on. Ask how I could do it. How I could shed my own skin, forsake my species and run with the wolves. Ask how I could rage under a blood moon, an animal’s growl erupting from me like a long-restrained geyser. Are you certain you want the answer? Perhaps you can…
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“After the cold spell…” a #tanka (1/22/19)
1/22/19: prompt-free After the cold spell the jackknifed tractor-trailer during my commute the piles of grading upon my arrival #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
