Tag: tanka
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“New Year’s Eve…” a #tanka (12/31/20)
12/31/20: unprompted New Year’s Evea trembling pair ofwithered leavescan I welcome this new yearwith any genuine hope? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NewYearsEve2021
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Yielding Light: a tiny #tankaprose
At last: Christmas lights, under a Cold Moon. all the ways we disappoint ourselves swept aside by that sustaining Love, that irresistable force for my own #Haikai Challenge!
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“bare boughs…” a #tanka (12/30/20)
12/30/20: pine tree bare boughsand all the remainingwithered leavesstill, the evergreen promiseof all these pine trees #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #171 (12/29/20): Cold Moon (fuyu no tsuki)/New Year’s Eve (toshi no yo)/ New Year’s Day (ganjitsu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you for your warm welcome-back, haijin! The intrepid among you ran the gauntlet of ten kigo! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Jane Dougherty3. Jules (two haibun)4. Kerfe Roig 5. Jules (two more haibun, 10 haiku)6. s.s.7. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA8. s.s. 9. Colleen Chesebro10. Kate11. s.s. Powered…
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“Winter wind…” a #tanka (12/29/20)
12/29/20: prompt-free Winter windand the aching in theseaging jointsdragging my feet beforea belated Christmas lunch #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“drifting clouds…” a #tanka (12/28/20)
12/28/2020: unprompted drifting cloudsthe last maple leavescling in the sunthis present moment keepsslipping away #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“biting cold…” a #tanka (12/26/20)
12/26/20: resilience biting coldeven with sunlightbathing the yardand yet, I rise upagain and again #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“as rain…” a #tanka (12/24/20)
12/24/20: Christmas eve as rainfallsmelting snowafter the cloudsthe star #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #Christmas #christmaseve
Frank J. Tassone 