Tag: tanka
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Odin Speaks: a solo #renga (4/8/21): Day 8 of #NationalPoetryMonth
crafting the world from the corpse of our first kill my brothers and I If only you could have seen it: sculpting mountains, rivers, stars… insight and wisdom for the cost of one eye, a worthwhile bargain as was my sacrifice of myself to myself Leading the Aesir through wars and banquets plenty until Ragnorok…
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“Mira’s joy…” a #tanka (4/7/21) #nationalpoetrymonth
4/7/21: prompt-free Mira’s joyafter her firstprivate sessionthe bliss of livingone’s true vocation #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #nationalpoetrymonth2021 #napowrimo #GloPoWriMo #napowrimo2021 #glopowrimo2021
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“deep twilight…” a #tanka (4/6/21)
4/6/21: unprompted deep twilightcroaking nearbybullfrogsa breath of cool airbefore starlight #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo #napowrimo2021 #glopowrimo2021
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“night…” a #tanka (4/5/21) #nationalpoetrymonth
4/5/21: unprompted #NationalPoetryMonth nighta day’s exhautionsettling inalways another lineof poetry to write #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo #napowrimo2021 #glopowrimo2021
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The First Art Immersion: an avante-gard solo #renga (4/5/21) Day 5: #nationalpoetrymonth
Only when the paint wets every canvas space I dare to perceive In a God-given glimps when the last breath stills canvas space consumed I hold this perception tightly to my chest They find a way, always to pry me loose from treasures ordinary lives belong in these spaces ending quietly All of the milky…
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“cruising altitude…” a #tanka (4/4/21) #nationalpoetrymonth
4/4/21: altitude cruising altitude as the #tankaprose and #tanka flow anticipation of a flight of #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #napowrimo2021 #glopowrimo2021 #micropoetry
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#Haikai Challenge #182-185 (3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3): Transformation #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga #nationalpoetrymonth
Hope you enjoyed celebrating our (sort of) Spring. Congratulations to the last challenge’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ruth Partridge2. Ruth Partridge3. Ruth Partridge4. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA 5. Dave Madden6. Eugenia7. nrk8. lynn__ 9. Jules10. Goutam Dutta11. Colleen Chesebro12. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! Mad March…
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“Failure to Communicate” a #tankaprose (4/3/21) Day 3 #nationalpoetrymonth
What are you trying to tell me, you aches and pains? What message is so important? Your throbbing and sandpaper-grating sensations on my joints stiffen me to immobility. Your grating of my nerves has my undivided attention. Say what you need to say. Because the road beckons. The trail whispers on a spring breeze. Sunlight…
Frank J. Tassone 