Tag: poetry
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Indigenous Day: a #haibun
I stood before the candidates during the opening ceremonies of the Boy Scouts of America’s Order of the Arrow Ordeal weekend. Dressed at an Iroquois chief, I performed the script for the role I played: Nutiket, guardian of the circle. Other members of the ceremony complemented my performance as a “kick-add Nutiket!” I had no…
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“Columbus Day…” a #tanka/#kyoka (10/14/19)
10/14/19: unprompted Columbus Day Indigenous People’s Day how we remember our history defines us, foreshadows our legacy #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (10/14/19)
10/14/19: fresh laundry Hunter’s moonall of the fresh laundryput away #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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The last Campones’ Daughter: a #tankaprose
She was the last of nine surviving children. Grew up in Portugal, in a northern farming village near the Spanish border. And knew she didn’t belong there. She came to America with her parents when she was 13. After six months, her parents returned to Portugal. Before they left, they asked her if she wanted…
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My Daily #Haiku (10/12/19)
10/12/19: pumpkin mid-october …our teenage son hasn’t askedto buy a pumkin #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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“waking up…” a #senryu (10/11/19)
waking up with my wife’s noninfectious post-nasal drip #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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“peak foliage…” a #tanka / #kyoka (10/11/19)
10/11/19: science and music peak foliage all the orchestra students taking AP physics the varying wavelengths as instruments tune to “A” #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (10/11/19)
10/11/19: nesting birds last cryof the last fledglings …autumn wind #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 