Tag: poetry
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#Tanka Tuesday 10/10/17…of #ghosts, #hauntings, #beauty and #dreams
early twilight a seat in my late mother’s chair, glimpsing her ghost haunt me in every glimpse of the mirror before me For Colleen’s this week–ghost and haunt beauty of your face as I awaken from dreams of losing you a trial I may face someday but not today For Kiwinana’s…
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Our Witness #haibun #haiku #Quadrille #dVerse
We saw firefighters raise the flag at Ground Zero. Twin Tower girders forged into a cross. a woman use her SUV as an ambulance while shots fired. Those gave their lives for others when bullets fell. We are Hope’s witnesses. After this darkness light for dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille…
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#Senryu Saturday…Ah, Marital blisss…
A Burger King Conversation “I used to stop in New Paltz after class for these chicken sandwiches.” “No wonder you were so fat!” Thruway rest stop after seventeen years still newlyweds
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#Haikai Challenge #2: Harvest Moon #haiku #haibun #senryu #tanka
Congratulations to Qbit. He entered the inaugural challenge last Sunday! And now, for this week’s challenge: We who live within the longitude of the East Coast of the US recently saw a harvest moon. Your prompt this week is to write a haikai that includes Harvest Moon. It could be those words, that image, or…
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#Free-verse Friday 10/6/17…Passing seasons and Opportunities… #haiku #haibun
Spring Party, Autumn Post His son’s face is covered in a greenish-yellow goo! Chris holds his daughter, showing an “aw shucks” grin. I stare at his Facebook photo. The last time he called, I knelt on a sub floor, laying $4.00/tile Italian Porcelain with Jeff. He and I were finishing the renovation of my kitchen.…
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#Throw-down Thursday Redux: a #haibun #poetry from .@ImageCurve for #dVerse’s OLN
Today’s Fire Another fire engine races up River Road. Lights flash. A siren wails. A horn blasts. We don’t smell smoke anymore, but a gray haze hangs over the evergreens on the mountains. A two-lane strip of asphalt separates those mountains from the outer edge of our neighborhood. Cold comfort, as another engine races by.…
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#Haibun Monday–Shimo No Koe–First Frost’s Voice #dVerse Poet Pub
A Silence Observed I extend my left forearm during tai chi in the dark living room. That’s when I notice how quiet it is outside. No chirping. No tritonal repetitions of that saw-like cacophony. No crickets! The first frost has done its work. Autumn dawn that monotonous drone of morning traffic for dVerse Poet…
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#Haikai Challenge 1
Welcome to my inaugural Haikai Challenge! Take your opportunity to contribute to the art! It’s October! The famed harvest celebrations bearing the month’s name wind down in Bavaria but just get started in Germany. Fall foliage is around the corner! And that spooky night waits in the wings. So raise your steins and get your…
Frank J. Tassone 