Tag: tanka
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“only a flicker…” a #tanka (4/7/20)
4/7/20: inner light within outer darkness only a flicker of inner light illuminates this outer darkess remember that before bowing to that dark #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #Coronavirus
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“taking the one seat…” a #tanka (4/6/20)
4/6/20: inner stillness taking the one seat 10,000 rising, falling cascades of thought inner stillness emerges from letting movement go #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020
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#Haikai Challenge #133 (4/5/20): twittering (saezuri) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you’re all healthy and safe, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Xenia Tran3. Jane Dougherty4. Pat R5. joem18b 6. Li/Lisa7. Reena Saxena8. Eugenia9. Dave Madden10. Kerfe Roig 11. Jules12. Janice13. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! The Daffidils rose. The forsythias bloomed. The crabapple tree…
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O Parmigiano Di Pollo: a Day 5 #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #TankProse -aic #Ode
To you, dish that is life. To you, a meal thal luxuriates the tongue and leaves one starving. Of course, you doesn’t leave one starving. How could you, a meal that so fills the stomach, do that? Oh potent dish, with your pureed, red tomato sauce; your sizzling fried breadcrumb finish; your tangy, sumptuous poultry…
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Journey to Pine Meadow Lake: a Day 2 #NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo2020 #haibun
Fresh air new ripples spreading Start at Kakiat park, where the parking lot surrounds an island of green with a few Maples. The enclosed dog park may or may not bustle with the delighted barks of canines overjoyed with company azure sky passing cumulus fade from sight canonballing beside the “no swimming” sign Cross the…
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“overcast sky…” a #tanka (4/2/20)
4/2/20: sudden shower overcast sky wind-trembled maples await a sudden shower one-million infections as we brace for more bad news #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #CoronaVirus
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“Pale green grass…” a #Tanka (4/1/20)
4/1/20: Ganesha pale-green grassgrowing back in againas walkers pass bya Ganesha statuettedoesn’t comfort enough #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #Coronavirus
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“budding Dogwood…” a #tanka (3/31/20)
3/31/20: Doll Festival budding Dogwood the smiles and waves from walking neighbors … no Doll Festival prevents this pandemic’s march #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #CoronaVirus
Frank J. Tassone 