Tag: tanka
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#Haikai Challenge #31 (4/28/18): May Medley–(Late (cherry) Blossoms (Osozakura), Star Wars Day (May 4), or Mary (Marian Month) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Photo by kazuend on Unsplash Thank you, haijin, for honoring our earth: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Petru J Viljoen 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. Jules 4. Jane Dougherty 5. Revived Writer 6. Janice (Ontheland) 7. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 8. Merril D. Smith 9. Zander 10. Caitlin 11. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets.…
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A Vernaltide Warning of my Vices and Virtues: A #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #TankaProse
Photo by Henry Be on Unsplash “On a hot, summer night: would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?” –Meatloaf Warning: Do not awaken my favorite vice. For lust will pulsate through my trembling arteries with every quickened beat of a suddenly hungry heart. Do not let me imagine all of…
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Near-Sabbatical Elegy: a #tankaprose
Almost seven years I still hear you telling me, “grass is getting tall!” whether backyard or kitchen you knew how to work your space The family still talks about the prime rib dishes you brought to cousin Lisa’s house Christmas after Christmas. Aquaintences I meet on the street still boast about your old restaurant.…
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Coyote monologues Narcissus: a #TankaProse
Don’t look at me like that! Geesh! The first time you tear your eyes away from that pond in forever, and it’s to give me an attitude? Look, I’m a culture hero. I pulled a Prometheus, and stole fire from the sun for humanity. I practically raised the Crow myself, and I even…
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#Haikai Challenge #30 (4/21/18): Earth… #Haiku #Senryu #Haibun #Tanka #Haiga #Renga
No sooner did we celebrate warmth than another cold spell enveloped the Northeast! Nevertheless, Haijin, you bore witness to the inevitable turn toward spring (at least in the northern hemisphere). Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. lynn__ 3. Dwight L. Roth 4. Jules 5. Jane Dougherty…
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A #Waythrough Wednesday #Tanka (4/18/18)
you sleep beside me after another hard day counseling toddlers I count every one of your short, deep breaths
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Here. Now. Just This. A #haibun in the moment
Photo by Daniel Weiss on Unsplash One robin sings in spite of nightfall. A distant hum of some appliance drones outside. The stairs creak under Mira’s footsteps. The ledge of the Wall-unit desk has fewer chakas on them. My own tired eyes and enshadowed crows’ feet gaze at me from the mirror enclosed by the unit. A…
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#Haikai Challenge #29 (4/14/18): warm (atataka)…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Well, haijin, you got your bloom on for the first Cherry Blossoms! Congratulations, participants! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Jane Dougherty 3. Dwight L. Roth 4. Jules 5. Jules 2 6. Xenia Tran 7. Xenia Tran (2) 8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Merril D. Smith 10. Janice (Ontheland) 11.…
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