Tag: tanka
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“five years…” a #tanka (5/12/21)
five yearssince you’ve been gonecrabapple leavesflutter in a passing breezeas the sun remains high #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“lingering taste…” a #tanka (5/5/21)
5/5/21: unprompted lingering tasteof homemade fajitas thisCinco de Mayoafter a day of raina soft evening breeze #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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A Correspondence: a petite #TankaProse (4/11/21) Day 11 of #NationalPoetryMonth
Would I have the courage to commune with you, Celtic queen? Iceni regis you bloodied Roman legions in Britannia. but when you faced your end tell me, was it worth it? What would be your response if I did? American man did not your people bloody English Regiments? Considering what you gained how would you…
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Get Nostalgic: a #Tankaprose (4/10/21): Day 10 of #NationalPoetryMonth
How old was I when I first heard U2’s “Sunday, Bloody Sunday?” Thirteen? Fourteen? It doesn’t matter. I was hooked! percussion intro followed by that iconic arpeggio “I can’t close my eyes and make it go way!” A crushing riff, and pounding drum: Bono’s sung lyrics “broken bottles and the children’s screams / bodies strewn…
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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
Frank J. Tassone 