Tag: tanka
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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
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“only a day…” a #tanka (12/17/18)
12/17/18: cold moon only a day after the Winter Solstice another Cold Moon from all those past Christmases the ones I see no longer #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #65 (12/15/18): Solstice II #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Since the mountain didn’t come to you, many of you went to it, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr3. Reena Saxena4. Suzanne5. Jane Dougherty 6. Jules @ Strands7. Jules @ Strands8. Helene Vaillant9. Janice10. Pat R 11. The Dark Netizen12. rene…
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“twilight…” a #tanka (12/12/18)
12/12/18: new plan twilight another new plan for my hypertension the calm silent flight of a great-horned owl #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Anniversary…” a #tanka (12/11/18)
12/11/18: family history Anniversary My father, dead these seven years this Friday all the past Christmas Eves blend together as one #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 