Tag: tanka
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#Haikai Challenge #45 (8/4/2018): Vacation/Holiday #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How was the Cicada’s song, haijin? Some of you braved the heat or rain to listen. Congratulations to last week’s participants: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Reena Saxena 3. Jules @ Jewels 4. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 5. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. …
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Everyday Duplicity: a #ThrowdownThursday (8/2/18) #Tanka
cicada song … the moments we take for granted How many shadows can we hide within? for dVerse Poets’ MTB: Punctuation and enjambment in poetry (pubtended by Bjorn) and my own #Haikai Challenge #44 (7/28/18): Cicada (Semi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
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A Domestic Disturbance: A #TankaTuesday (7/31/18) #2 #tanka
Photo by Abigail Lynn on Unsplash woodchuck burrow the ransacked vegtables in the garden it participates in grooming successors to pillage on for Kiwinana’s #Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 107 – Participate & Grooming
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Conflicting Silence: A #TankaTuesday (7/31/18) #TankaProse
The sun tries to break through. The clouds that gathered will not scatter. A temperature more consistent with spring than summer holds steady. It was perfect weather to repair the paver stones on the front stoop, or write outside all morning. I did neither, becoming lost in folly on the internet. And so…
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#Haikai Challenge #44 (7/28/18): Cicada (Semi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Many of you enjoyed the afterglow, Haijin! Thank you for the anniversary well-wishes. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Xenia Tran 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. Reena Saxena 4. Jules @ Strands 5. Janice 6. Pat R 7. Shannon Blood 8. Suzanne Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Moving…
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Natural Epiphanies: A #TankaProse
bizarre convictions born of the wilderness Yet I place my trust in the ultimate meaning of an empty cross I have seen the rippling leaves in a sudden wind. Heard the rush of a rain-swelled brook. Smelled the fresh smoke of a new fire. Touched the bark of a five-hundred-year-old oak. Tasted the…
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A #Haikai Challenge Haijin Showcase: Contributors for #Haikai Challenges #40-43 #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I’m back, haijin! And, as I promised, here are the updates on those that contributed to the #haikai challenges while I was away. Congratulations to all contributors! For #Haikai Challenge #40 (6/30/18): Independence #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 3.…
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#Haikai Challenge #43 (7/21/18): Afterglow (yuuyake) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How are those lawns looking, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors Ultreya! Today is our 17th wedding anniversary. (Thank you, thank you; no, really, you shouldn’t have ;)) During our wedding, I remember seeing the sky shortly after sunset. It was a true sailor’s delight, and it still carries the allure of…
