Tag: tanka
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“familiar…” a #tanka (4/15/24)
familiar as a coy pond in winter the heart of Nippon beating on 4/15/24: familiar
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“these dreams…” a #tanka (4/14/24)
4/14/24: dreams these dreams of a sunlit grove of cherry blossoms a path already strewn with petals #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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A Fool’s Ballad
Jaime Amadán, the bastard son of the Tuatha de Danann, Lugh, and a down-on-her-luck actress, Mary. Jaime Amadán, the wise fool who rode the dragon that everyone else forced back into its cave. Jaime Amadán, a forgotten hero whose legendary exploits reveal for us the choice: to live in ordinary sorrow, or in extraordinary joy.…
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Boxed Within
a box forged of cold steel fired within the frigid heart of compressed terror inside last remains of innocence consumed by loathing and rage hidden within a heart’s shadow from which emerges the dragon, awaiting innocence’s ride Over at dVerse, Kim pubtends a Tuesday Poetics, where we write box poems. The pub is open! Come…
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“across…” a #tanka (4/9/24)
4/9/24: sky across the clear sky another jet a refreshing breeze from the sound #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#napowrimo2024#glopowrimo2024
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Wish You Were Here
the roar of a waterfall after snowmelt somewhere along the AT wish you were here
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#Haikai Challenge II #13 (4/6/24): total solar eclipse (Kaiki nisshoku) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
Happiness is seeing haijin embracing poetry! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugi2. Peter3. Jules 4. Melissa5. Petru6. Suzette Benjamin 7. Ben Tonkin8. Kerfe Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! This monday marks a total solar eclipse! On Monday, a total solar eclipse will cross North America – a phenomenon that has not…
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“Thunder…”
Thunder a complex spider’s web trembles with rain and just like that a flash lights up the sky
Frank J. Tassone 