Tag: tanka
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Covert Essentials: a #TankaTuesday #TankaProse (12/4/18)
Wind-tossed hair. Light rippling across turf-pounding crests. The roar of sea slapping land. The whirl of wind peeling around a bluff jutting into a foamy sea. The intimacy of losing every sense of separation from creation, amidst the battering elements that intoxicate every sense. The stillness inherent in the movement of wind and water.…
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“Nor’Easter…” a #tanka (12/4/18)
12/4/18: seascape Nor’Easter the roar of waves crashing on the shore if only the summer crowds could be here now #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #63 (12/2/18) Advent and/or Hanukkah #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you enjoyed your moon gazing, haijin. Many of you did. Congratulations, last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth2. Toni Spencer23. Jane Dougherty4. Jules @ Strands5. Janice 6. Tina Stewart Brakebill7. Violet Lentz8. lynn9. The Dark Netizen10. Xenia Tran 11. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr12. Revived Writer13. Helene Vaillant Powered…
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Phoenix Song: a #TankaTuesday (11/27/18) #TankaProse
Long past time to put this chill in the past gather the pyre ignite the consuming blaze that restores the life taken The first crackles of flame yield a tendril of smoke. The fire grows, feasting on the dry kindling and tinder wound through dry wood. It won’t take long. I hear…
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“Although this chill…” a #TankaTuesday #tanka (11/27/18)
11/27/18: prompt free Although the chill comes early this year I embrace the wind and waves crossing this inland sea #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Brookside Pedagogy: A #writephoto #haibun
“Do you not see?” the nymph asks. Her mischevious smile implies that the answer should be obvious. But no sensible response comes to mind. “Whatever the path, the way through is always one step at a time, placed in the right place at the right time.” She finishes her pronouncement with her hands…
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“a sparrow lands…” a #tanka (11/25/18)
11/25/18: feast a sparrow lands on a bare maple branch Thanksgiving Sunday so many leftovers remain from the feast #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #62 (11/24/18): winter moon (fuyu no tsuki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Happy Belated Thanksgiving! For those that celebrated, I hope you enjoyed your day of feasting! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Reena Saxena 3. Jane Dougherty 4. Helene Vaillant 5. Deepa 6. Jules @ Strands 7. D L Starlight 8. The Dark Netizen 9. Janice 10.…
