Tag: tanka

  • “Autumn cool…” a #tanka (9/15/23)

    9/15/23: grab Autumn cool a gust of wind from the sound the lure of sea food grabs hold #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • “wondering…” a #tanka (6/20/23)

    6/20/23: been wondering where you’ve been poetry the dry spell left by the muse #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • “for freedom…” a #tanka (6/19/23)

    6-19-23: for for freedom a birdsong breeze this Juneteenth all the memories we’d rather forget #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • “‘another…’…” a #tanka (4/19/23)

    4/19/23: another “another…” the heartbreak after a shooting how long until the next “another?” #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry#napowrimo2023#glopowrimo2023

  • “after the heat spell…” a #tanka (4/17/23)

    4/17/23: climate change after the heat spell this sudden temperature drop a normal spring if only consistency was a constant norm #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#NaPoWriMo#napowrimo2023#GloPoWriMo#glopowrimo2023

  • Another Arnold

    Were you ever who you claimed to be? betrayed stares your empty smile moving past just another burnt bridge left behind Day 15 of

  • Performative Perfection

    Poet after poet takes the stage. Each poem, alive in the unique telling of its writer, their cadances conveying their singular vitality. Our heartfelt applause for each one thunders in the cavernous Prudential Hall. Ah, how long until I can partake of all four days of the Dodge Poetry Festival? firelight a blind bard singing…

  • A Jaded View

    With all due respect, Doctor Williams, is it as simple as you say? Honestly, in my humble opinion, it’s more like: depending on  a beat-up  oldsmobile it’s flawed  gas-gauge reading full, while empty Of course, you do you… white chickens pecking the last of the feed neglected beside them a red wheelbarrow A satire of…