Tag: tanka
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“Pentacost…” a #tanka (5/31/20)
5/31/20: #40 PROMPT the worst and best in humanity Art Hug unity in time of oppression Pentacost smoke from burning cities still rises the cry for justice will not be silenced #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
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Lawnwork Aftermath: a #tankaprose
The new weed-wacker hums with the efficiencey of a new instrument. The overgrown weeds, along the edges of the cinder blocks bordering the garden, fall before it’s spinning plastic tabs. I squeeze the trigger and slowly step side-to-side. The weed-wacker slices more weeds effortlessly. The backyard, side, and front yard soon look trimmed. Next, it’s…
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“fire horn…” a #tanka (5/28/20)
5/28/20: unprompted fire horn and the rustling of leaves your unvisited grave on your 80th birthday #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“even as her…” a #tanka (5/27/20)
5/27/20: prompt-free even as her tape measure rattles … constant birdsongs after a morning of sitting this soar back remains #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Featured Poem Alert: Weekly Poetry Challenge Stars | #PhotoPrompt: Frank Tassone – Word Craft ~ Prose and Poetry
Delighted to learn that Colleen Chesebro has selected my tanka-prose Predation as her featured poem of her 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 178 #PhotoPrompt! For me, Frank’s tanka prose echoes the political realities of our brave new world. I also like that he wrote in the second person as if pointing his figure…
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#Haikai Challenge #140 (5/21/20): summer meadow (natsuno) / Memorial Day #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Have you savored enough fragrance, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Li/Lisa3. Jules4. Peter 5. Xenia Tran6. Revived Writer7. Kerfe Roig8. Eugenia 9. Pat R10. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead. The United States celebrates Memorial Day this Monday. As I stated in my last Memorial…
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To Journey on, or not to Journey on … a #TankaProse
The road less traveled continues. The choice to follow it or turn back remains. No one else makes that decision. No one else faces the consequence. spring gusts after a morning of rain the effort of taking one step, then another for 23rd May 2020 prompt: Gerry Muse #208 (occasional tanka prose) Walking On
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“verdant canopies…” a #tanka (5/22/20)
5/22/20: prompt-free verdant canopies swallow the last light from an overcast sky even after the rain the joint aches remain #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 