Tag: tanka
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A comforting scent: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse #2 (10/2/18)
The aroma of a campfire. The smell of burning oak or pine. There’s so much comfort in that scent. Every story I’ve told or listen to rises like smoke from the embers of neglected memory when I smell a campfire. Stories like the one at a boy scout campout, in which our senior…
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Hawk Dual: a Gunslinger’s Initiation (a #TankaTuesday #TankaProse 10/2/18)
What was it like for young Roland Deschain to face his mentor Cort armed only with David? What was it like to battle for mastery, risking exile, using one of “God’s own gunslinger?” A screech. A flash of sunlight off talons that claw flesh off bone. The answering smack of wood against feathers and bones.…
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“dropping acorns…” a #tanka (10/1/18)
10/1/18: serendipity dropping acorns a NyQuil sleep a gentle serendipity Perry Menopause relief for a single, blessed night #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #53 (9/30/18): Anniversary: Favorite Kigo-of-the-Year #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Who among you savored their harvest, haijin? Many, from the looks of things. Congratulations, last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Reena Saxena 3. The Dark Netizen 4. Deepa 5. Jules @ Strands 6. Pat R 7. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 8. Helene Vaillant 9. Revived Writer…
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“Bare crabapple tree…” a #tanka (9/30/18)
9/30/18: Poets for change bare crabapple tree poets for change working overtime these days decay within the beauty of peak fall foliage #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Crow cry…” a #tanka (9/28/18)
9/28/18: like magic crow cry declining sunlight between maples like magic summer heat disappears this Autumn day #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Seasonal Transitions: a #TankaTuesday #tankaprose (9/25/18)
Autumn the decline of energy inspite of effort these soon-to-color leaves become ready to fall Another season turns. Katydids lengthen their calls, then stop. Crickets continue, softer, more subdued. And yet soon an early Autumn chill yields to a remnant of summer heat. Only for a moment that passes all too…
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“lengthening nights…” a #tanka (9/24/18)
9/24/18: recurring dream lengthening nights in and out of the classroom these recurring dreams the doe and fawns grazing under a harvest moon #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 