Tag: tanka
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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
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“two police cruisers…” a #tanka/#kyoka (3/30/20)
3/30/20: squabble day two police cruisers patrolled my street today for the first time beginning this second week it is always squabble day #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus
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#Haikai Challenge #132 (3/28/20) Coronavirus (Covid-19) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you enjoyed your (hopefully virtual) cherry blossom viewing. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Susan Zutautas3. Jane Dougherty4. Christine5. joem18b6. Pat R 7. Rhen Laird8. Li/Lisa9. Dave Madden10. Peter11. Kerfe Roig12. Janice 13. Jules14. Jayanth15. Linda Lee Lyberg 16. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward!…
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A Blossoming Hope
An early peak of cherry blossoms in Washington DC this year, and who came to see it? Some did, risking their own health (and that of others’), to witness the blooms. The rest of us see only the photos. Is that enough? Outside my window, a blanket of gray covers the sky. The maples and…
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“crow caw…” a #tanka (3/26/20)
3/26/20: three muses crow caw gliding above the trees a red-tailed hawk What would the three muses make Of Billy Collins’ windows? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 