Tag: NaPoWriMo2020
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Social Shakespearean Note: a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 sole #Renga
“To thine own self, be true…” Polonius, “Hamlet” Act 1, scene 3. an April night like any other, except it’s the Bard’s birthday “What of it, when scholars say legions of monkeys will do?” a starless sky and the debate over his relevance goes on “What can Shakespeare say to us that televised moon landings?”…
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“fresh birdsongs…” a #tanka (4/23/20)
4/23/20: promt-free fresh birdsongs the magnolias beside the Mahwah delta a southern-looking landscape in suburban New York #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (4/23/20)
4/23/20: backpack overcastthe weight of the worldin a backpack #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020
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Turnabout: a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #tankaprose
“One can live without having survived.” Carolyn Forche A fruit basket, delivered to a hotel room–covered in lighter fluid. A patronizing condescension during a class introduction: “one of our special people.” The abject fear with which the six-foot-something boy in a man’s body commanded. If only he had understood the old Portugese saying: “Beware the…
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“the droning of…” a #tanka (4/22/20)
4/22/20: prompt-free the droning of lawnmowers and leafblowers on this Earth Day as sunlit trees sway in a cold spring wind #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020
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My Daily #Haiku (4/22/20)
4/22/2020: glue Earth Day —still lamentingBoxer* *Boxer is the beloved workhorse from the fable “Animal Farm”, by George Orwell. #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020
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Of Love and Hate: A #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 mock-translated #Gendai – #Haibun
Can love and Hate occupy the same relationship? Or is a Greek God’s pursuit of a nymph the same lust for power humanity has indulged for millenia? As though Dapne had a choice. As though Apollo allowed her one. qui tamen insequitur pennis adiutus Amoris,ocior est requiemque negat tergoque fugacisinminet et crinem sparsum cervicibus adflat.…
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“empty room…” a #tanka (4/21/20)
4/21/20: unprompted empty room the silence after the last echoes of their voices fade away #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020
Frank J. Tassone 