Tag: tanka
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“Although they came…” a #tanka (1/8/21)
1/8/21: inspiration- “steal the sword” Although they cameinvading the capitalscreaming “stop the steal”they were “a sound and furysignifying nothing” #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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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
