Tag: renga
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Psalm of the Hound of Heaven’s Prey
“Long have you hunted me. Long have I eluded you…” Or is that too strong for this dance we step to? The shivers up my spine. The moments of utter spaciousness, where I shrink almost to nothing before an enormous you That hunting feeling, as though you’re everywhere, and I have nowhere to run, nowhere…
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On Canine Love & Loss
could I guess at my neighbor’s love? her gentle petting of her mixed-breed boxer between Insta-views the back and forth of his head how he nuzzles her eager for more loving attention she’s quick to give reminding me of my own, lost mixed-breed how I delved my hands deep in her rust-gray fur savored her…
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#Haikai Challenge II #13 (4/6/24): total solar eclipse (Kaiki nisshoku) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
Happiness is seeing haijin embracing poetry! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugi2. Peter3. Jules 4. Melissa5. Petru6. Suzette Benjamin 7. Ben Tonkin8. Kerfe Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! This monday marks a total solar eclipse! On Monday, a total solar eclipse will cross North America – a phenomenon that has not…
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#Haikai Challenge II #12 (4/1/24): Poetry (uta) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
I trust, haijin, that you enjoyed the Equinox—and the lengthening days that followed. Congratulations to the last challenge’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Cheryl3. Eugi 4. Peter5. Kerfe6. Melissa 7. Petru Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Today is April first, the first day of National Poetry Month! Many of us will…
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A Gates of Fire Reminiscence
Consider the contours of the shield the one left behind and for that sin Spartan trainees forced to phalanx an old oak Later, those Hoplites would oppose the Persian charge at Thermopylae bearing, or born away on their shields 300 their sacrifice for Greece Ms. Jade, over at dVerse, hosts Quadrille Monday, where we write…
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#Haikai Challenge II #11 (3/16/24): Spring Equinox (higan) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
I trust you enjoyed whatever Daffodils you might have seen, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Eugi3. Jules 4. Carol Anne5. Suzette Benjamin6. Ben Tonkin 7. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! The official beginning of Spring arrives in the Northern Hemisphere this Tuesday, March 19th!…
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#Haikai Challenge II #10 (3/12/24): Daffodil (Suisen) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
Have you dried off after that melt off, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Eugi 3. Jules4. Suzette Benjamin 5. shaun tenzenmen Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! A few days of spring weather arrives here in the Queen City of the Sound. Blue sky, twittering birds, even more…
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#Haikai Challenge II #9 (3/2/24): melt off (yukishiro) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
How was your February 29th, haijin? I hope it was memorable! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ben Tonkin2. Eugi3. Jules 4. Petru5. Suzette Benjamin6. Melissa Lemay 7. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Moving on. The temperature reached 60 degrees F one day last week. Then the next…
Frank J. Tassone 