Tag: tanka
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Of Medicinal Malice and Momentary Humanity: A #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #TankaProse
Children wait at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry, in the US-Mexico border in Chihuahua State, Mexico on June 20, 2018. Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images Somewhere in south Texas, a child cries. Uniformed men pulled him from his screaming mother’s arms, and brought him far away. He sits by a cot, surrounded by other…
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Vernal Agony and Ecstasy: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse
Summer sun air conditioner straining against the humid air Cheer the gift of fresh cool air be amazed that it still flows Only the last scheduled New York State Regents exams to proctor. Only the last compliance work to complete. Only prom and graduation, faculty meeting and final party. Only the self-paced…
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#Haikai Challenge #38 (6/17/18): Solstice (Geshi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash The Few. The Brave. The Haijin that faced the FIFA challenge! 😉 Congratulations, contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena 2. Merril D. Smith 3. Janice (Ontheland) 4. Dwight L. Roth 5. Jules @ Strands 6. Revived Writer 7. Floating Rabbit Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya!…
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#Haikai Challenge #37 (6/9/18): Fifa World Cup #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
2018 FiFA World Cup Russia flags, courtesy of FIFA Did you take time to peruse the Peonies? You bet you did! Congratulations, haijin: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty 2. Jules @ Strands 3. Dwight L. Roth 4. Reena Saxena 5. Floating Rabbit 6. Xenia Tran 7. Jules @ Strands #2 8. Linda…
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Praesentia via Negativa: A #TankaProse
Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash Declining sun evening robin songs as leaves flutter what merit our anguish when our stake remains lost? Not in the consuming lava that leaves hundreds homeless in its unpitying wake. Not in the tremors and aftershocks that follow the earthquake. Not in the bluster of egos that seek proof…
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#Haikai Challenge #36 (6/2/18): Peony (botan) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
A Peony outside my den window Thank you for honoring our fallen veterans, haijin! Special gratitude to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. Jules 4. Zander 5. Jules #2 6. Linda Lee Lyberg 7. Jane Dougherty 8. Jules #3 9. Revived Writer Powered…
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Humble Truths: a #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #TankaProse
fluttering leaves in a cool afternoon breeze a neighbor’s drumming such a happy fantasia of how things could have been The truth is a six-mile-plus hike along the Doodletown Bridal Path in Bear Mountain State Park on Memorial Day–the same day as my late father’s birthday. The truth is the slow opening…
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#Haikai Challenge #35 (5/26/18): Memorial Day #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
courtesy of The Old Farmers Alamanc Are we warm enough yet, haijin? The prelude to summer struck this weekend in New York, where the current temperature is in the mid-eighties! You withstood the heat and came through with your haikai! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke /…
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