Tag: tanka
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“still water…” a #tanka (5/5/20)
still water before the gentlest caress of the wind learning accompaniment from listening to silence for dVerse Poets’ Poetics – Solitude (pubtended by Bjorn) The pub is open! Come join us! and Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 176, #Poet’sChoice
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“spring gust…” a #tanka (5/5/20)
5/5/20: wind and feeling spring gustand suddenlya clear sky …these arthritic achesstill remain #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“covered by clouds…” a #tanka (5/4/20)
5/4/20: Goto Hidehiko (b. 1953) covered by clouds until after lunch the sun “Everything I let go of has claw marks…” #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #137 (5/3/20): Flower Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How about those last Cherry Blossoms, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa2. Dave Madden3. Jen Goldie4. Pat R 5. Eugenia6. Jules7. Xenia Tran8. Xenia Tran (2) 9. Pat R10. Janice11. Frank J. Tassone12. Kerfe Roig Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: May! The time of flowers (in the…
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“birdsongs…” a #tanka (5/3/20)
5/3/2020: unprompted birdsongs and leaf-blowers fill the air another blue-sky day holds the promise of summer #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Flattening Curve Fantasy: a #TankaProse
This is what we strive for, now. The hope that daylight lies ahead of us. The hope that a flattening curve means life will return to normal. The hope that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is at an end. Some societies begin to reopen. Spaniards take to the streets to exercise, while Italians look…
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“fresh clouds…” a #tanka (5/1/20)
5/1/20: unprompted fresh clouds filling up the first blue sky in days those “good people” brandishing AR-15s in Lansing #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus
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“wind-swayed branches…” a #tanka (4/30/20)
4/30/20: serenity wind-swayed branches after the latest spring shower again and again I pray the Serenity Prayer #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #coronavirus
Frank J. Tassone 