Tag: NaPoWriMo2024
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“familiar…” a #tanka (4/15/24)
familiar as a coy pond in winter the heart of Nippon beating on 4/15/24: familiar
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#Haiku (4/15/24)
4/15/24: childhood twilight a glimpse into my lost childhood #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“these dreams…” a #tanka (4/14/24)
4/14/24: dreams these dreams of a sunlit grove of cherry blossoms a path already strewn with petals #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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The Truth is…
The truth is everybody knows The truth is no one does The truth is a burst of Cherry blossoms The truth is those blossoms falling The truth is the truth The truth is a heart swollen with love The truth is that heart broken The truth is compassion The truth is indifference The truth is…
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#Haiku (4/14/24)
4/14/24: orange slanted sunlight still poisoning us all agent orange #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Eclipsed Expectations
A dragon swallowed the sun. Darkness engulfed the lands. The people grieved, rending their hearts and garments. Did some sacrifice defeated warriors or maidens atop ziggurats to appease the sun-stealing serpent? Were their deaths in vain? a pine envined the scent of incense sold for six pence New York City lay outside the totality. Even…
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A Fool’s Ballad
Jaime Amadán, the bastard son of the Tuatha de Danann, Lugh, and a down-on-her-luck actress, Mary. Jaime Amadán, the wise fool who rode the dragon that everyone else forced back into its cave. Jaime Amadán, a forgotten hero whose legendary exploits reveal for us the choice: to live in ordinary sorrow, or in extraordinary joy.…
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#Haiku/#Senryu (4/13/24)
4/13/24: carpet sheet-wrapped canine… the newlyweds make love on the carpet #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 