Tag: tanka
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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,…
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December Musings, a #TankaProse (12/7/24)
We decorated the apartment for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. Winter village, manger and angels atop the mantle, and the Christmas tree—fully decorated—all erected and lit by evening. Is it unusual, then, that Mira and I spent our first day of December taking her sisters to the Met Cloister? brisk afternoon yet still lingering the…
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“sunset…” a #tanka (12/3/24)
12/3/24: song sunset over the towers swan song now, the night broken by our Christmas lights #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“leafblowers…” a #tanka (11/22/24)
11/22/24: stay leafblowers another reminder that nothing stays yet cherry tree foliage still clings to branches #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“rainy night…” a #tanka (11/21/24) #TankaThursday
11/21/24: rare rainy night a rare silence deepens I follow in the footsteps of these old masters #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#TankaThursday
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“even as…” a #tanka/#kyoka (11/8/24)
11/8/24: smile even as society fractures smile darkness yields to even a pinpoint of light #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry#TankaThursday
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“on a pond…” a #tanka (11/3/24)
11/3/24: pond on a pond a sea of foliage shimmers the last light shining over the ridge #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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Halloween Adjacent: a #TankaProse (10/30/24)
10/30/24: fall As if it could be any other way… evening twilight after landscapers bag fallen foliage the chill of thinning veils soon to begin #TankaProse#tanka#micropoetry#poetry
Frank J. Tassone 