Tag: poetry
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Such Summer Fun
An old video, copied from an old film, shows me attempting to roller skate with the Sterino kids. I remember laughter, and perhaps some encouraging words from Debbie. She, with her long, thick brown hair and contagious smile, had taken me on as another kid brother. And I remember the feel of the driveway on…
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“Twilight Drive…” a #tanka (3/8/19)
3/8/19: missing someone twilight drive all the ghosts of my past along for the ride even after a round still missing you all #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (3/8/19)
3/8/19: elegy an elegy for winter first birdsongs #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“although the cold…” a #tanka (3/7/19)
3/7/19: off-prompt although the cold seeps through the window the arid heat from this old building exhausts and dries me out #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (3/7/19)
3/7/19: Helm/Conn crow caw — “Saavik, take the Conn!” after all these years #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A Misplaced Kindness?
28 September, 1918. A crossroads in the French village of Marcoing. Private Henry Tandey, of the 5th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment’s 5th Battalion, encounters a wounded, fatigued German soldier. The enemy does not even raise his rifle, although Private Tandey has the man in his sights. Tandey is no coward. Earlier the same day, he…
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My Daily #Haiku (3/6/19)
3/6/19: tiller sudden storma trembling handon the tiller #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“Ash Wednesday…” a #tanka (3/6/19)
3/6/19: spring breakfast Ash Wednesday an English muffin breakfast with peanut butter and yet another snowstorm arrives by the weekend #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
