Tag: tanka
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#Haikai Challenge #156 (9/13/20): new coolness (shinryoo) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Cooked enough, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA2. Eugenia3. Jane Dougherty4. Goutam Dutta5. Tina Stewart Brakebill 6. willowdot217. s.s.8. Tina Stewart Brakebill9. Janice10. Xenia Tran 11. Linda Lee Lyberg12. Jules13. Revived Writer14. Christine Bolton, Poetry for Healing Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead:…
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Nineteen Years Later: a 9/11 Commemorative #tankaprose
Say their names. Nineteen years later, the pain still strikes deep. The memorial pools in the footprints of the fallen Twin Towers attract selfie-taking tourists. The names engraved in the marble counters that frame the pools appear forgotten. They aren’t Say their names. Feel the shearing of scar tissue on the hearts, as fresh grief…
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“campfire…” a #tanka (9/11/20)
9/11/10: unprompted campfireafter the 911memorialthe sounds of Boy Scoutson their Homeless Campout #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“Kitsune…” a #tanka (9/9/20)
9/9/20: fox transformations Kitsunecaught in the light ofa full moonwhy do you promisefaux transformations #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“despite a breeze…” a #tanka (9/7/20)
9/7/20: prompt-free despite a breezeand a suddenlyovercast skyour outdoor reservationremains intact #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #155 (9/6/20): remaining heat (zansho) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Had enough crickets and morning glories, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Xenia Tran3. s.s.4. Jane Dougherty5. Jules6. Colleen Chesebro7. Dave Madden 8. Cheryl9. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA10. willowdot2111. Janice12. Linda Lee Lyberg13. Goutam Dutta14. Peter 15. Revived Writer16. Linda Lee Lyberg (2)17. Christine Bolton18. Jen Goldie19. Al…
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“sunbathed grass…” a #tanka (9/4/20)
9/4/20: unprompted sunbathed grass…still sounding offcicadasthe day after Mira passedher ASWB #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Publication Alert: “Arid Hope” appears in the latest Drifting Sands Haibun!
I’m happy to announce that my tanka-prose “Arid Hope” appears in the latest edition of Drifting Sands Haibun! Arid Hope An endless drought. The reservoir continues to dry out. Wheat and barley fields, once so full of promise, have whilted for want of water. Like everything else. We watch the medicine woman stirring her pot…
Frank J. Tassone 