Tag: tanka
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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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#Haikai Challenge #34 (5/19/18): Passing Spring (yuku haru) … #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Staying Dry, haijin? I hope so! Honestly, I had no idea how prescient my kigo of last week would be! No matter the precipitation, however, you came through! Congratulations, contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Xenia Tran 3. Jane Dougherty 4. Reena Saxena 5. Victoria Slotto 6. Dwight…
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Steller Joy: A #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #tankaprose (5/16/18)
“Mary, full of grace,” so did the angel proclaim But what victory did you contemplate gazing upon the milky way? Is there a moment more sublime? Lao Tzu counseled those troubled at heart, whom thought the universe agitated, to look out at the stars. I followed his advice many nights. Too often, I strained…
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Second Anniversary: A #SenryuSaturday #TankaProse
December 24, 2011 Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Liz call me. They thought about me today. I knew the anniversary was coming, but I forgot it was actually today. I had memorialized my father’s anniversary in haibun. The ones I’d written for Mom remain in my handwritten journals, which I’ve yet to type up and…
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#Haikai Challenge #33 (5/12/18): Spring Rain (harusame)/Autumn Rain (aki no ame) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hello, haijin! You took time to hear the birds twitter! Congratulations to all contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. Jules 4. Jane Dougherty 5. Linda Lee Lyberg 6. Zander 7. Xenia Tran 8. Jules #2 9. Revived Writer 10. Janice (Ontheland) 11. Caitlin 12. Revived…
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