Tag: tanka
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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,…
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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
Frank J. Tassone 