Tag: tanka
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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,…
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“mist…” a #tanka (7/24/20)
7/24/20: prompt — feeling calm Mistacross our facesat Middle Fallssavoring each breathof fresh air #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“a trembling leaf…” a #tanka (7/23/20)
7/23/20: PROMPT — Loving acts take away fear a trembling leaf falls in the latest summer wind a girl’s steady hand places a flower in a gun #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“swaying branches…” a #tanka (7/22/20)
7/22/20: prompt-free swaying branches as cicada songs commence all these summer goals undone and half the break is over #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Anniversary: a #Tanka-prose #ode
All the gifts of a twenty-year marriage, resting on the shores of a shared life, polished to perfection by the imperfection of an extraordinary love. Anniversary and a summer breeze blows on a searing day how this heartbreaking joy overflows again, again for Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 187 #PhotoPrompt
Frank J. Tassone 