Tag: tanka
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“swaying pines…” a #tanka (1/6/21)
1/6/21: inspiration– brightening our hearts swaying pinesa passing shiver at thisdeepening coldstill the Epiphanyand these lengthening days #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Even through…” a #tanka (1/5/21)
1/5/2021: inspiration– oranges Even throughthe oppression of thisovercast skyan orange in a basketliberates me #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“sunlit clouds…” a #tanka (1/4/21)
1/4/21: unprompted sunlit cloudsreflecting from asubaru windowthe last minutes beforemy first class of the new year #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“New Year’s Day…” a #tanka (1/1/21)
1/1/21: prompt-free New Year’s Daybare oaks and maplesstand stillas the Earth keeps turningI breathe, and breathe again #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #newyearsday
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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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