Tag: tanka
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#Haikai Challenge #130 (3/14/20): [spring/autumn] equinox (higan) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How was your moon gazing, haijin? Many of you seem to have enjoyed it! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Reena Saxena3. Eugenia4. Li/Lisa5. Rhen Laird 6. Linda Lee Lyberg7. Peter8. Jules9. Pat R10. Jen Goldie 11. Revived Writer12. Janice13. Xenia Tran14. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by… Mister Linky’s…
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The Tao of War and Peace: a #PiDay #TankaProse
Our anonymous ancestors discovered fire. They lit their nights thereafter. Apex predators that had preyed on them before felt fear evermore. Cooked meat freed their metabolisms to generate cognitive growth. How long after did the first of our anonymous ancestors turn fire against another? Was its use the first weapon of mass destruction, in a…
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“a sudden sway…” a #tanka (3/13/20)
3/13/20: three strikes a sudden sway of pines up the street what can songbirds know about baseball’s cardinal rule, “three strikes and you’re out”? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“all these bare brances…” a #tanka (3/12/20)
3/12/20: unprompted all these bare branches and yet songbirds serenade throughout the day amid the pandemic a light shines in the darkness #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“returning geese…” a #tanka (3/11/20)
3/11/20: third course returning geese a third course of treatment yieds the same result these gathered clouds continue to withold their promised rain #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“rising super moon…” a #Tanka (3/9/20)
3/9/20: trio rising super moon as the setting sun hangs above the mountains where did I place that photo, that trio of friends we were? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #129 (3/7/20): Super (Worm) Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How well have you endured the East wind, haijin? Many of you did just fine! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Li/Lisa3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr4. Dwight L. Roth5. Eugenia 6. Jules7. Rhen Laird8. Xenia Tran9. Rhen Laird10. Emily Karn 11. Linda Lee Lyberg12. Revived Writer13. Reena Saxena14. Pat R15.…
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O Atlantica! A #TankProse Ode
How many times have I gazed at your horizon? How many crashes of your surf against the turf of the New Jersey shoreline have I heard? How many white-foam crests have you crashed into me? How many times have I tasted your saline delight? Sea gulls may cry. Salsa and marange may blast from speakers…
