Tag: tanka
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A Troubled Reunion: a #TankaProse
It has been years, but we are assigned the same co-teaching class again. Echoes of past trauma arise, and with them the familiar tension and gut cramping. But I am not the same as I was, then. I can practice relational Tai Chi. I am water. It’s time to flow. no discouragementeven experiencingunfortunate newstake one…
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“the team…” a #tanka (9/17/20)
9/17/20: prompt-free the teamruns down our streetwithout himanother gatheringof cirrus clouds #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“raking sand…” a #tanka (9/16/20)
9/16/20: #15 – stone (seeing the whole picture) raking sandand consideringthe placementa single stonechanges the game #tanka #micropoetry #Poetry
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“tire cricket songs…” a #tanka (9/15/20)
9/15/20: unprompted tired cricket songsthe chill in the airdeepeningthe anticipation ofthe first meeting with students #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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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
Frank J. Tassone 