Tag: senryu
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#Haiku/#Senryu (4/24/23)
4/24/24: strategy Union Square Park a chess hustler takes the king in 4 moves #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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The Truth is…
The truth is everybody knows The truth is no one does The truth is a burst of Cherry blossoms The truth is those blossoms falling The truth is the truth The truth is a heart swollen with love The truth is that heart broken The truth is compassion The truth is indifference The truth is…
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A Fool’s Ballad
Jaime Amadán, the bastard son of the Tuatha de Danann, Lugh, and a down-on-her-luck actress, Mary. Jaime Amadán, the wise fool who rode the dragon that everyone else forced back into its cave. Jaime Amadán, a forgotten hero whose legendary exploits reveal for us the choice: to live in ordinary sorrow, or in extraordinary joy.…
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#Haiku/#Senryu (4/13/24)
4/13/24: carpet sheet-wrapped canine… the newlyweds make love on the carpet #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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Boxed Within
a box forged of cold steel fired within the frigid heart of compressed terror inside last remains of innocence consumed by loathing and rage hidden within a heart’s shadow from which emerges the dragon, awaiting innocence’s ride Over at dVerse, Kim pubtends a Tuesday Poetics, where we write box poems. The pub is open! Come…
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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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Weird Wisdom?
The man at the Al-Anon meeting celebrated 25 years of recovery. His simple eloquence inspired us. His was a testament to the power of ordinary living through serenity, courage, and wisdom–the fruit of integrating extraordinary grace. But it was what he did before he sat down from speaking that remains. He lifted up the 25-year…
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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…
Frank J. Tassone 