Tag: tanka
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Coyotic ‘Telling
I could tell you how I do it. Spin a yarn about how I pounce on field mice under a full moon. Or how I chase jackrabbits into briar patches that ensnare them for me. Sure, I could tell you how I face down raccoons at tossed-over garbage cans. Or how I run down half-starved…
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“white tiger…” a #tanka (1/9/24)
1/9/24: white “white tiger” a memory from childhood how these patterns echo-echo-cho #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“the way…” a #tanka (1/8/24)
1/8/23: way the way that I go just this could it be any other way? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge II #1 (1/6/24): first dream (hatsuyume) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hello, haijin! I know, I know: It’s been a long time since I posted a #Haikai challenge. A long time. & to be completely honest with you, I was uncertain if I would ever post one again. Longtime readers lived through the experience; for newcomers, I will say this: I hit the wall midyear of…
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Chronological Close-Shaves
Maybe it’s just another day. A year ends, another follows: what truly changes? Perhaps we’re uncertain what music will trend. Certainly, more celebrities may die. Another in a long series of awful incidents will cycle through the 24-hour cycle. Then again, we all celebrate New Years for a reason. & here I am, two days…
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“a view…” a #tanka (12/29/23)
12/29/23: view a view of a fire engine’s flashing lights a fresh drama so close to home #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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“winter night…” a #tanka (12/28/23)
12/28/23: conceal winter night all of our hopes concealed what do we dare in daylight? #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“winter break…” a #tanka (12/27/23)
12/27/23: logging winter break & already logging too many hours all of the time we don’t get back #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
