Tag: poetry
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A #Haiku for Carpe Diem #1284…
dry earth falls through these wrinkled fists Autumn for Chèvrefeuille’s Carpe Diem #1284
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#Haikai Challenge 4 (10/21/17): darkness #haiku #haibun #senryu #tanka
Congratulations to Qbit (twice!), RevivedWriter (also twice!), and Jilly for participating in last week’s challenge. On to this week’s! It’s late October. The days shorten. So what better kigo (seasonal reference) could there be than darkness? Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a haikai poem that uses, or alludes to,…
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#Performance alert 10/21/17: Rockland Poets Open Mic Today! #poetry #OpenMic #SpokenWord
I plan to perform some of my Haibun tonight! If you’re in the area, come and experience a great night of poetry by many talented poets! https://www.facebook.com/events/314075485662666/?ti=icl
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#Free-style Friday 10/20/17…when goes wrong and right…#senryu #haiku #poetry
rain patter the haibun I didn’t type the haiku I wrote promises we never keep summer wind first published in Failed Haiku 21, September 2017
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#Throw-down Thursday #2: My latest (honestly!) #haibun on .@ImageCurve #poetry #haiku
An Unpleasant Reminder I find it just before I leave on some errands. A crumpled memo, with Sean’s R’s mother’s phone number on it, requests a phone conference. It’s at least two weeks old, if not older. Another reminder that I haven’t made a single outreach to any parents. The most current log is due…
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#Throwdown Thursday 10/19/17…my (second) latest on .@ImageCurve #haibun #poetry
Update: It’s not you, it’s me. To err is human, to forgive, divine, right? I published this haibun last Thursday. My next post will have the current offerings. Renewed Intimacy My fingers, running gently up and down your bare back. Your gentle moan, as I rub away tension in the tightest muscles surrounding your lower…
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#Way-back Wednesday 10/18/17…for .@PoetsUnited #MidweekMotif
Blossoming Terrors The Japanese Maple grew in the center of 52 Holland’s front yard. Its long branches stretch to the sky like a petitioning priest. Its maroon foliage crowns the tree like a lion’s mane. It beautifully fills my bedroom’s picture window by day. But by night, illuminated by a streetlamp, the tree…
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#Tanka Tuesday #3: Pumpkin season…for dVerse Poets Pub’s Tuesday Poetics–Autumn
Kim over at dVerse Poets Pub asks us to examine in detail anything associated with Autumn. What could be more Autumn than pumpkins? largest pumpkin wiping the dirt off of its back side the slices of his knife form the scariest face
