Tag: tanka
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“although cicadas…” a #tanka (8/18/20)
8/18/20: unprompted although cicadas continue their drone an Autumn cool remains at this hour of a late summer day #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“grasshoppers…” a #tanka (8/17/20)
8/17/20: prompt-free grasshoppers and cicadas instead of songbirds the way cumulus clouds drift across the sky #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #152 (8/16/20): katydid (kirigirisu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Survive your storms and darkness, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Eugenia3. Tessa Dean4. Goutam Dutta5. Jane Dougherty 6. willowdot217. Li/Lisa Fox — West MI, USA8. Janice9. Christine Bolton10. s.s. 11. Xenia Tran12. Linda Lee Lyberg13. Jules14. Revived Writer15. Kerfe Roig Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets.…
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Spent Lives: a #Tanka-Prose
Playing Rock-Paper-Scissor to see which of us would drive the rent-a-car. After a flight to Denver from New York, during which we drank Heineken after Heinekan. Driving over switchbacks through the Rockies. At night. With an squeaky-breaked 18-wheeler behind us. Getting knocked into the frigid Animus River in level-5 rapids during our first white-water-rafting experience.…
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“summer meadow…” a #tanka (8/14/20)
8/14/20: prompt-free summer meadow still haunted by the weeds of unfinished business yet another leaf trembles in another passing breeze #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“hard breathing …” a #tanka (8/11/20)
8/11/20: #71 PROMPT climbing mountains hard breathing at the rock scramble before the summit oh, but the reward: those stunning views! #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“blush wine…” a #tanka (8/10/20)
8/10/20: PROMPT – Playfulness, not taking life to seriously blush wine while listening to cicada crescendos leisurely verses written on a dog day of summer #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #151 (8/9/20): first (autumn) storm (hatsu arashi) / Darkness (Yami) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How was your moon-gazing, haijin? Many of you may have enjoyed it! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Goutam Dutta2. s.s.3. Jane Dougherty4. Jules5. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 6. willowdot217. Eugenia8. Christine Bolton9. Linda Lee Lyberg10. Li/Lisa Fox — West Michigan, USA 11. Kerfe Roig12. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr (2)13. Xenia Tran14.…
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