Tag: tanka
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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
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"spring soil…" a #tanka (3/24/20)
3/24/20: triple time spring soil triple-time correcting isn’t fast enough the new exhaustion of remote learning #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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"remote learning…" a #tanka (3/23/20)
3/23/20: three musketeers remote learning my two co-teachers and I virtual teaching as the first snow since Autumn blankets the front and back yards #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #131 (3/22/20): first [cherry] blossoms* (hatsu hana) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
A somber Spring so far, haijin, but I hope you’re making the best of it! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa2. Reena Saxena3. Sankara Jayanth4. Xenia Tran5. Jane Dougherty6. Eugenia 7. Peter8. Pat R9. Jen Goldie10. Revived Writer11. Rhen Laird12. Xenia Tran (2) 13. Linda Lee Lyberg14. Janice15. Frank J. Tassone16.…
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A Spring Respite: a #tankaprose
Sunlight blinks from the rippling surface of Pine Meadow Lake like a swarm of fireflies. A gentle spring wind off the lake sends a subtle chill up our spine. I sit burmese style and stare at the rippling water in the shade. A two-hour hike out of Kakiat Park brought us to this novel shore.…
Frank J. Tassone 