Tag: tanka
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Adventures in Dragon Riding: a #TankaProse #haibun
12/29/18: Gerry Muse #136: Year end musings I began the year with the intention to “Ride the Dragon.” The Dragon climbs and dives. The Dragon bucks hard. The Dragon rolls and shakes and does whatever it takes to throw me off. And often enough, I forgot my intention and attempted to shove that Dragon back…
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#Haikai Challenge #67: New Year (shinnen) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Did Santa treat you well, haijin? Many of you celebrated the Christmas spirit this past week! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Helene Vaillant2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr (2)4. Dwight L. Roth5. Reena Saxena 6. Jane Dougherty7. Tina Stewart Brakebill8. Linda Lee Lyberg9. Merril D. Smith10. Jules @…
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“Cirrus clouds…” a #tanka (12/26/18)
12/26/18: prompt-free Cirrus clouds eclipse the sun this Boxing Day Their Woodbury Commons shopping without me #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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O Holy Night: A #tankaprose (Redux)
those shepherds’ reality Cold, starry night pierced by novel light among the singing stars they find a manger-laden babe A veil of all-to-human darkness fallen upon the world. Client-kings cater to the lock-step of Legionnaires bearing the word of Caesar. How could such a new star shine for the newborn of a woman whose own husband denies paternity?…
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Relocating the Gingerbread Man (Redux): a #Christmas #haibun courtesy of .@ImageCurve
It is a delicate procedure. One so precarious that Frankie runs from the kitchen, saying, “I can’t bear to watch in case this goes south.” Mira emerges from the kitchen. The gingerbread house Frankie worked on rests on a glass cake stand. new centerpieceiTunes’ carols playing asa proud pastry chefadmires his masterpiecein our Christmas trees’…
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The Message of the Nativity: a #writephoto #TankaProse
passing light a virgin’s assent saves us all What better effort from the heart can we expect? The last light of the shortest day casts a pallid orange across an empty sky. Caesar’s decree ensures that a speck of a city like Bethlehem will quickly overflow. The carpenter that leads a donkey laden with his…
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#Haikai Challenge #66 (12/22/18) Christmas #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Enjoy your longest day/night, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena2. Jane Dougherty3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr4. Dwight L. Roth5. Suzanne 6. The Dark Netizen7. Janice8. Jules @ Strands9. Merril D. Smith10. Toni Spencer 11. Helene Vaillant12. Revived Writer13. Linda Lee Lyberg14. Xenia Tran15. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by……
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“Christmas feasts…” a #tanka (12/19/18)
12/19/18: feasts Christmas feasts A niece’s turn to host the whole family How her aunts ignore all counsel to change #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 