Tag: tanka
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“lone birdsong before…” a #tanka (2/20/19)
2/20/19: blending lone birdsong before another winter blending of cold and rain her fasting, my writing, and the clock ticking #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #73 (2/16/19) Presidents #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope your taste of Spring lasted longer than mine did, haijin! Many of you found a way to acknowledge a taste of it! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Dwight L. Roth3. The Dark Netizen4. Pat R 5. Jules @ Strands6. Janice7. Jane Dougherty8. Suzanne 9. Revived…
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“The clouds burn off…” a #tanka (2/11/19)
2/11/19: cliffs the clouds burn offthe cliffs of Arcadiaatop a mountainI can finally seea clear view of the ocean #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #72 (2/9/19): first spring gust (haru ichiban) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Still shivering, haijin? Or have you been as confused as I have with erratic shifts in weather? Whatever the case, many of you bore witness! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth2. Reena Saxena3. Jules @ Strands4. Jane Dougherty5. Linda Lee Lyberg 6. Helene Vaillant7. Tessa8. The Dark Netizen9. Xenia…
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#Haikai Challenge #71 (2/2/19): Still Cold (yokan) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you, haijin, for all of your moving tributes to Rachel Sutcliffe. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Dwight L. Roth3. The Dark Netizen4. Jane Dougherty5. Petru J Viljoen 6. Isabel Caves7. Jules @ Strands8. Hifsa Ashraf 9. Janice10. Xenia Tran 11. Revived Writer12. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr13.…
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“Doe grazing in snow…” #tanka (1/31/19)
1/31/19: February Doe grazing in snow … day before February under a deep freeze hours to go before a hot bowl of chili! #tanka #haiku #poetry
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Snow Follies: a #TBT #TankaProse
nightime snowfall the lethargic movement of snowplows Where will I park tomorrow with glaciers filling the lot? A fine layer of snow covers the driveway. Frank and I would have shovelled it clear, but the forecast calls for more tomorrow. Why waste the effort? And yet, come tomorrow, I will walk across the iced-over snow.…
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The Heart of Majesty
Not the tallest. Nor the steepest. But what other mountain so captures the culture of a people? What other embodies a nation? Or inspires so many poets’ tears? cold carp the nevermelting snow atop Mt. Fuji Will I ever see you face to face? for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #72 (pubtended by Mish). She invites us…
Frank J. Tassone 