Tag: kyoka
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Charleston Tours
Charleston singles… the tales of the Swamp Fox told by our driver & then our footsteps across Fort Sumner
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A Passionate Reconciliation
That day you apologized for ripping me a new one. Saying, “You’re my man,” your arms around me, as I slouched on the couch. The heat of the moment telling me what your heart meant Slowly life seeps into my veins as I shed my hurt an anticipation of a horizontal makeup The heat of…
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Number-essence
one day the temperature dropping from Spring to winter Two times waiting for rain to lighten up Three old guys around a teacher’s room lunch table talking all the shit you can imagine four seasons although who can say five fingers to count off the ways this ends
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Coleridgian Contrast
not the “Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner” No wedding guests to mesmerize, nor grand stories to tell… no Albatross around my neck breaking dawn I’m no bane of goodwill birds, doomed to watch friends die… no grandiose dreams of Elysium living Just another wayfarer on the road to anywhere, soon to seek the way back…
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“even as…” a #tanka/#kyoka (11/8/24)
11/8/24: smile even as society fractures smile darkness yields to even a pinpoint of light #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry#TankaThursday
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“Although…” a #tanka / #kyoka (10/3/24)
10/3/24: crisp although crisp Autumn air runs through I need no sweater for I am (shiver) strong! #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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“not yet evening…” a #tanka / #kyoka (7/28/24)
7/28/24: evening not yet evening & wafting from the kitchen– rabbit aroma even as I type this a sudden mouth-watering #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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“still reading…” a #tanka / #kyoka (7/17/24)
7/17/24: reading still reading the signs of the times a closed trilogy and yet so many more await #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
Frank J. Tassone 