Tag: tanka
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#so long…” a #tanka (6/9/24)
6/9/24: catch so long since the last time we played catch how quickly you grew up #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“a heron…” a #tanka (6/7/24) #TankaThursday (on a Friday)
6/7/24: dock a heron returning to its nest summer wind fishermen cast off the dock #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#TankaThursday
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“window view…” a #tanka (6/6/24)
6/6/24: artist window view a luscious subject for an artist’s eye I capture it with only melodic language #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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“the tune…” a #tanka (6/2/24)
6/2/24: tune the tune of neighborhood songbirds a sudden contrast of sirens #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“early morning…” a #tanka (5/22/24) #NaTankaMo #MayTanka
5/22/24: bridge early morning “like a bridge over troubled water” playing again and again #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#NaTankaMo#MayTanka
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“skidding…” a #tanka (5/20/24) #NaTankaMo #MayTanka
5/20/24: gravel skidding my bike on gravel always seeking a shortcut #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#NaTankaMo#MayTanka
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Old Friend
We met at St. Augustine’s School in the last days of fourth grade. You became my best friend during a time when I had none. We carried each other through our middle school years. Sure, we hit our road bumps through high school, hanging with different cliques. But we managed to hang together through college,…
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“mid-spring afternoon…” a #tanka (5/15/24) #NaTankaMo #MayTanka
5/15/24: trunk mid-spring afternoon another tree-hugger grasps the old red oak’s trunk my naive idealism far beyond easy rescue #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
Frank J. Tassone 