Tag: tanka
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Charleston Tours
Charleston singles… the tales of the Swamp Fox told by our driver & then our footsteps across Fort Sumner
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Mortal Moments
That moment when his red-faced fury could turn on me… Or that moment when my back slid across the stones on the bottom of the Animus River, the surface tauntilizingly close, yet out-of-reach. Or that moment when all of my life lies in my past, as I exhale for the last time. cold rain a…
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Divine Tomfoolery
Azurity a bare oak fills with crows fools winding down their day while the sun sets Quetzalcoatl & Coyote’s Actuality plays at an abandoned Drive-In theater So very proud of their handiwork ancient deities basking in their glory on this April Fool’s Day
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“afternoon sun…” a #tanka (2/21/25)
2/21/25: tarp afternoon sun left outside to dry that tarp these summer memories interrupted by snow #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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A Duel of Fates
The waves bore witness. The storm clouds arriving at sunset showed unusual interest. The shadow of a departing titan passed on indifferently. What did these samarai say to each other on that beach? Did they share commiserations of the karma that brought them there? Shed a tear of remorse for the necessary death sure to…
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“after…” a #tanka (1/20/25)
1/20/25: icy after the winter storm icy sidewalks & inaugural rhetoric #haiku#tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“first day…” a #tanka (12/22/24)
12/22/24: winter first day of winter blue sky & yet outside that chill #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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Solstice: a #TankaProse
We awaken to a winter wonderland. Overnight snowfall decorates every rooftop and bare-boughed tree in luscious white. The street and sidewalks lie beneath a blanket of pearl fluff. More snow falls as I turn on Christmas lights in our Dining and Living rooms. However, the sun pierces the veil of gray before midmorning. The street,…
Frank J. Tassone 