Tag: tanka
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“Corona lockdown…” a #tanka (8/3/20)
8/3/20: Prompt – positive power of the negative Corona lockdown… all the new hiking trails we discovered the lemonade made from life’s latest gift of lemons #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #150 (8/2/20): Sturgeon Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you enjoyed your waterfalls, haijin! Congratulation to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Li/Lisa Fox — West Michigan, USA3. Jane Dougherty4. Jules5. Jules 6. Colleen Chesebro7. Eugenia8. Dave Madden9. willowdot2110. Xenia Tran 11. Kerfe Roig12. Christine Bolton13. Linda Lee Lyberg14. Janice15. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! August…
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Arboreal Instruction: a #Kyoka-prose #haibun
Thump! A branch fell from the maple beside the deck. It struck the lawn a foot away from the fire pit. One whole branch broke into three pieces and several shards of bark. There were no leaves on the branch. Black rot exude throughout, and from the stump that remained from where it once grew…
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Lawrence Farm Orchard Experience: an @ImageCurve #haibun / #tanka-prose
clear skies cool enough to pick yellow delicious with three of our friends so satisfying Frankie’s audio diary. His climb up Granny Smith, Gala and Fuji trees for the unblemished, still hanging apples higher up. He and Lilly atop a mound of dirt; seeking pumpkins; racing through the village. Tasting apple cider and apple cinnamon…
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“summer showers …” a #tanka (7/31/20)
7/31/20: PROMPT – perseverance, hydrangea, summer showers and the hydrangea that thrive in them the choice to rise up for the 1,001th time #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“The work…” a #tanka / #kyoka (7/29/20)
7/29/20: PROMPT: patience and effort in the face of danger in this churning world..Meher’s Art Hug: (July 24) The work awakening others to systemic racism after all these years, finally getting into “good trouble.” #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #BlackLivesMatter
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“Lakeside Vineyard…” a #tanka (7/27/20)
7/27/20: unprompted Lakeside vineyardanother bottle of cold“Blushing Moon”the movement of blueand turquoise currents #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #149 (7/25/20): Waterfall (taki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you enjoyed the meadow, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Looking ahead: Letchworth State Park, one of the best kept secrets of the NYS Parks commission. At least the New York City Back-yarders like me! I just finished breakfast with an intimate view of nearby Middle Falls. You can already guess this week’s kigo,…
Frank J. Tassone 