Tag: senryu
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O Wine! (a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 solo- #renga #ode)
In hoc genimine vitis es óperis mánuum hóminum O, fruit of the vine vitis Vinifera Cuius culmen in How ebullient, you grapes boistrous in the summer sun What a fools errand believing you a native of other soils How you grew on the mountains saddling two continents How you spread over seas in Greek and…
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Our Folly, Desire: a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #quadrille – #haibun
We don’t know what we want. We ask, don’t receive. Flush our sleeves with vain tears! We receive, and oh, woe! Unintended consequences, our sorrowful song. “Some quality time at home would be nice…” mispent wish … the gift we can’t keep or give away
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My Daily #Haiku
4/20/20: voices subdued voicessaying “420 blaze it” …#CoronaVirus #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020
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#Haikai Challenge #135 (4/18/20): New Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Enjoy your Easter Lillies, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Frank J. Tassone2. Dave Madden3. Li/Lisa 4. Jules5. Xenia Tran6. Eugenia 7. Mosshawk8. Peter9. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! We often savor the full moon. Many past #haikai challenges called for poems on various ones throughout the…
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Haikai Challenge #134 (4/12/20): Easter Lily #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Have you enjoyed your birdsong serenades, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. joem18b3. Li/Lisa4. Rhen Laird 5. Jane Dougherty6. Peter7. Janice8. Eugenia 9. Kerfe Roig10. Jules Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Happy Easter! Another year, another #haikai challenge on Easter Sunday. As I said last year:…
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#Haikai Challenge #133 (4/5/20): twittering (saezuri) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you’re all healthy and safe, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Xenia Tran3. Jane Dougherty4. Pat R5. joem18b 6. Li/Lisa7. Reena Saxena8. Eugenia9. Dave Madden10. Kerfe Roig 11. Jules12. Janice13. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! The Daffidils rose. The forsythias bloomed. The crabapple tree…
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Follow a Lone Crow: a Day 3 #NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo2020 solo #Renga
gray sky the back-and-forth swaying of bare branches a street suddenly empty of pedestrians a wrapped package left out on the front stoop trembling hands heart racing just entering the local supermarket A descending crow in flight no sign of its murder so silent within these closing-in walls another Friday A caught breath at every…
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“two police cruisers…” a #tanka/#kyoka (3/30/20)
3/30/20: squabble day two police cruisers patrolled my street today for the first time beginning this second week it is always squabble day #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus
