Tag: tanka
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“a walk past…” a #tanka (8/13/24) #TankaTuesday
8/13/24: blackberries a walk past a front-yeard garden with sunflowers we salivate for the blackberries to come #tanka#micropoetry#poetry for Colleen Chesebro’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 47, 8/13/24, Part II: The Beginning of Autumn
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“grasshopper sounds…” a #tanka (8/12/24)
8/12/24: woods grasshopper sounds so many years since “Into the Woods” the recollections keep coming #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“breezes…” a #tanka (8/9/24) #TankaThursday
8/9/24: breeze breezes blowing in the thunderclouds standing outside Starbucks a homeless man #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“this summer rain…” a #tanka (8/8/24)
8/8/24: lake this summer rain and the water rises at Pine Meadow Lake only I’m not around to see it #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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How Jarring!
So many encounters with Jar Jars of Clay how their songs still echo Jar-Jar Binks how one actor’s decision unraveled him both actor and character reviled beyond measure all the doors I left ajar on a jar of Smucker’s grape jelly a too-tight lid I’m late for De Jackson’s Quadrille #205 for dVerse. But better…
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“the apple tree…” a #tanka (8/7/24)
8/7/24: stump the apple tree I played in as a child now, a stump “nothing lasts forever even cold November rain…” #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“along the Sound…” a #tanka (8/6/24)
8/6/24: river along the Sound but still missing it the Hudson that stroll beside it in my childhood hometown #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“incoming tide…” a #tanka (8/2/24)
8/2/24: camera incoming tide as we all smile at the camera where have all those photos gone? #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
Frank J. Tassone 