Tag: tanka
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Hearthfire: A #Tanka Tuesday-on-a-Wednesday #tankaprose #Quadrille
Hearthfire new fire enduring fresh smoke from burning verdant wood Your face in firelight as you retell your story you familiar words, rising above the cackling flames and flying sparks snowfall the gentle grace by which you balance fuel this blazing hearthfire our only warmth for: dVerse’s Quadrille #52 Let’s Fire…
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#Haikai Challenge #24 (3/10/18): Snow (Yuki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Courtesy of ABC News, March 7, 2018 Were you blown away, haijin? I know I was! Congrats to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules 2. Jane Dougherty 3. Vivian Zems 4. Reena Saxena 5. Jules 2 6. Janice (Ontheland) 7. Jane Dougherty (2) 8. Xenia Tran 9. Linda Lee Lyberg 10.…
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A Love Token: a #tankaprose… #haiku #haibun #tanka
Photo by Carlos Quintero on Unsplash you revive all my words of love from our green moments a present you present me one bright afternoon There they are. Every verse I ever wrote, on every card I ever gave. All typed in Times-New Roman font in a word file. You print me the file you created…
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#Haikai Challenge #23 (3/3/18): first spring gust (haru ichiban) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga
By The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Welcome back, haijin! Many of you risked whiplash contemplating this Spring-winter-spring season we’re experiencing, especially in the Northeastern US. Here’s who shared: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Jane Dougherty 3. KanzenToni 4. KanzenToni 5. Victoria Slotto 6.…
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Arise Again: a #tankaprose
Moonlit sea power of a changing tide shaping the surf insight born of suffering perseveres the longest I awaken to the song of surf on turf. The remains of my latest wreck surround me. I can remain prone for the sea to drown me. Or I can stand and take one step. Then…
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#Haikai Challenge #22 (2/24/18): Barely Spring (haru asashi) #haiku #senryu #haiku #tanka #haiga #renga
photo courtesy of pixel Thank you, haijin! Thirteen of you took time to smell the rose: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty 2. Vivian Zems 3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 4. Merril D. Smith 5. Jules 6. Petru J Viljoen 7. Xenia Tran 8. qbit 9. Jilly 10. Revived Writer 11. rick…
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Their Awakened Voice: A #Tanka Tuesday-on-a-Wednesday #tankaprose…#haiku #haibun #poetry
Alan Alvarez, Independent Florida Alligator Their Awakened Voice rising from the dust another generation speaks truth to power from where else will progress come than those that struggle to change? Young high-schoolers saw their friends die. They aged beyond the years in heartbeats measured against the scatter of automatic fire. But they…
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#Haikai Challenge #21 (2/17/18): Rose #haiku #haibun #senryu #tanka #renga #haiga
unsplash-logoRonda Darby Well, haijin: Many of you took time to gaze through the mists at the moon! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. joem18b 2. Jane Dougherty 3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 4. KanzenToni 5. Reena Saxena 6. Sue Vincent 7. Jules 8. Pat R 9. Pat R 10. Linda Lee Lyberg 11. Xenia Tran…
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