Tag: tanka
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Meeting the Bar – Brevity – a Tanka — Singledust
#Haiku Happenings #8: Gina’s first #tanka ever, for #dversepoets! Frank Hubney asks for brevity today, 5 lines or less no more. I am particularly drawn to this part of Frank’s explanation: “To focus on tanka, Jane Kohut-Bartels provides a two part introduction to the art of writing tanka. In particular note her reference, in the…
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The Taming of the Banditry — Tidbits by Shannon
#haiku happenings #3: Shannon Blood’s latest #tanka #haiga for #nahaiwrimo! Today’s NaHaiWriMo prompt was simply one word — an invitation to learn a bit more about this bold bird who makes such a racket. One curiosity was that a group of chickadees is called a banditry. Another — they are one of the easiest birds…
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Kenosis: A #tankaprose of Love…#haiku #tanka #haibun #poetry
A #tankaprose of love for #ValentinsDay! #haibun #haiku #tanka #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #20 (2/10/18): Hazy Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga
Miya Ando’s Oborozuki (Moon Obscured by Clouds) at Nancy Toomey Fine Art, courtesy Marina Times You listened for the songs and heard them! Here’s to you, Lark-loving haijin! Congratulations to all contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. qbit 2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 3. KanzenToni 4. Linda Lee Lyberg 5. Jane Dougherty 6. Revived Writer…
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Of Love and Struggle: a #tankaprose…#tanka #haiku #poetry
(Alexander Bruckmann Allegorie des Fruehlings 1842) chosen fate a life put to the test for the final time “If you are the son of God…” Devil’s words in the crowd’s mouth Life is not without it’s sense of irony. Valentin’s day falls on Ash Wednesday this year. The day celebrating romantic love coincides…
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#Haikai Challenge #19 (2/3/18): Skylark #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga
By Daniel Pettersson [CC BY-SA 2.5 se (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/se/deed.en) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Have you eaten enough crow, haijin? 🙂 We had another impressive showing this past week! I get the feeling many of you like birds! LOL! Behold, your haikai: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr…
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#Tanka Tuesday (1/30/18): Looking Glass Lives–a #tankaprose…#haiku #haibun #poetry
Photo by Mike Wilson on Unsplash rippling pond a long search in vain for the ties that bind How much longer will you stare for the answer that won’t come? More gray than I’d like to admit. Growing crow’s feet. Lines under my blue eyes I don’t see in myself. A sorrow in those eyes, along…
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#Haikai Challenge #18 (1/27/18): Raven #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga
unsplash-logoTyler Quiring You soared to new heights with last week’s kigo! We had a record number of submissions to the hawk #haikai challenge! A special shout-out to Jane Dougherty for her record-high seven hawk haiku in a single week! 🙂 Here are your haikai: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty 2. Reena…
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