Tag: tanka
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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
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#Haikai Challenge #52 (9/22/18): harvest #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How was the stargazing, haijin? Many of you savored the stars! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. The Dark Netizen 4. Jules @ Strands 5. Revived Writer 6. Jules @ Strands #2 7. lynn__ 8. Helene Vaillant 9. Deepa 10.…
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Tai Chi Logos: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse (9/18/18)
sunrise the potency, the power of the tree of life listening to the word everlasting One more sunrise. One more bright ray to shatter the predawn darkness. One more ascent breaching the horizon. One more. One more sunset. One last ray before the coming twilight. One descent like a bowing courtier before…
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“Hurricane remnants…” a #tanka
9/18/18: pastel hurricane remnants bleed a pastel colored sky to gun-steel gray the growing aches and pains of these arthritic joints
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#Haikai Challenge #51 (9/15/18): Milky Way (amanogawa) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Did you enjoy the spring/Autumn Wind, haijin? I hope you’re enjoying a sweet year! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Jules @ Strands 3. Merril D. Smith 4. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 5. H�l�ne Vaillant 6. Pat R 7. Deborah Gomez 8. Suzanne 9. Revived…
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