Tag: tanka
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“who knew…” a #tanka/#kyoka (6/30/21)
6/30/21: unprompted who knewI would yell at them bothGod and the Devilthe domestic hazzardsof putting up curtain rods #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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“explosion…” a #tanka/#kyoka (6/29/21)
6/29/21: prompt-free explosionand yet it still flowselectricitythe hidden fears of the hearton this scocher of a day #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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“tangled sheets…” a #tanka/#kyoka (6/27/21)
6/27/21: unprompted tangled sheetsthe “Summer of 69” fora school year’s endno one to hearour muffled cries #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #195-197 (Trifecta) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you refreshed yourselves, haijin! Congratulations to the last challenge’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Li/Lisa in W MI USA 3. Jules4. Goutam Dutta 5. Revived Writer6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! I stumbled through a busy June. Here we are, three weeks since the last #Haikai…
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Nightmares like this: a #Tankaprose
A respectable woman, sipping tea with others women of her station, exchanging chuckles and pleasantries. No one remarked when she excuses herself from their company after a certain server passed by. She passes through the crowded chamber, down the labyrinthine corridors of the grand vessal, until she comes to a small, cramped chamber. A brief…
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“coming twilight…” a #tanka (6/21/21)
coming twilightas sunset approachesthis Summer Solsticehow we bear the comingshortness of days #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #194 (6/7/21): clear [spring-] water (shimizu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you enjoyed celebrating rainbows, haijin. Thank you to those of you that commemorated Memorial Day. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Ron Rowland3. Li/Lisa in W MI USA 4. Jules5. Kerfe Roig6. Peter 7. Revived Writer8. Susan Joy Clark Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! A searing heatwave…
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“how…” a #tanka (6/3/21)
6/3/21: prompt-free howthey accruethese lossesstill, the joy seeinga perched cardinal #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 