Tag: tanka
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#Tanka Tuesday #2…Chillin’ out
Ode to our refrigerator Look what you hold inside, you stainless steel superconductor of cold. There’s the homemade lentil soup Mira made last night. And not far along Your offering shelf, anothe r of her dishes in a container, ready to go to work. The Brita pitcher, orange juice, the creamer we always return to…
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#Tanka Tuesday 10/10/17…of #ghosts, #hauntings, #beauty and #dreams
early twilight a seat in my late mother’s chair, glimpsing her ghost haunt me in every glimpse of the mirror before me For Colleen’s this week–ghost and haunt beauty of your face as I awaken from dreams of losing you a trial I may face someday but not today For Kiwinana’s…
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A #tanka for #weeklytankachallenge -65 – dancing and freedom #Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest dancing in the freedom that Only Polka provides another twirl on the floor Another emptied stein For Kiwinana’s Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge -65- dancing and freedom
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#Tanka Tuesday #2: #weeklytankachallenge -53
“Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,” The veteran said. I found the roots of mine in Sister Bernadette’s cold stare Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge – Week 53 – roots and wisdom
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#Tanka Tuesday 10/3/17…a Tanka for Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge—53–mist and shape
Autumn morning mist the shape of a jack-knifed tractor trailer how many lives have changed during this rush-hour? https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/10/03/colleens-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-53-mist-shape/
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(Un)seasonal (Un)systematic
#Haiku Happenings #4: Reena Saxena present a #Tanka-prose #haibun for heeding haiku with chevrefeuille-september 27th, 2017-mushrooms!
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#Tanka Tuesday 9/26/17…A Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge-64 and dVerse birthstone poem prompt
glittering topaz surrounded by history more gilded than gold no birthstone compares to the fragility of our lives For Rambling of a Writer’s Weekly Tanka Challenge-64 and dVerse Poet Pub’s This One’s for you!
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#Tanka Tuesday: Kiwinana’s #weeklyTankaChallenge–cold and playful
Cold wind a black bear crosses the yard and reaches the trees no time to be playful when there’s feeding to do. https://ramblingsofawriter2016.com/2017/09/20/weekly-tanka-prompt-challenge-week-63-playful-cold/
Frank J. Tassone 