Tag: tanka
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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
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“landing on…” a #tanka (8/1/24) #TankaThursday
8/1/24: photograph landing on the photograph a mosquito how long before it feasts on me? #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#TankaThursday
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“Summer Afternoon…” a #tanka (7/30/24 – 7/31/24)
7/30/24: Eagle 7/31/24: trout Summer Afternoon An osprey and eagle duel over a trout the victor flies away with the spoils #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“not yet evening…” a #tanka / #kyoka (7/28/24)
7/28/24: evening not yet evening & wafting from the kitchen– rabbit aroma even as I type this a sudden mouth-watering #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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“arising…” a #tanka (7/26/24)
7/26/24: afternoon arising this sunny afternoon summer breeze the lawnmowers gentle drone #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
Frank J. Tassone 