Tag: tanka
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“swirling winds…” a #tanka (2/7/20)
2/7/20: second marriage swirling winds fresh clouds eclipse sunset a friend’s second wife posts more photos #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Evening Clouds…” a #tanka (2/4/20)
2/4/20: second child evening clouds the stars blotted out yet again that second child we wanted and couldn’t have #tanka #micropoetry #poetry for Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 163, #Poet’sChoice and the Tanka Poets on Site Facebook Group
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“This night…” a #tanka (2/3/2020)
2/3/2020: a second opinion this night as twilight fades away all too soon now, her second opinion on the drapes she bought today #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge 124 (2/2/20): Martha Magenta Tribute #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you enjoyed the twittering, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Eugenia3. Jade Li/Lisa 4. Pat R5. Shaun Jex6. Jules 7. Xenia Tran8. Janice9. Deborah Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! Last week, we learned that we lost haijin Martha Magenta: Martha Magenta lived in Bristol, UK. Her…
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“Groundhog Day…” a #tanka (2/2/20)
2/2/20: unprompted Groundhog day Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring Does this overcast day in the forties prove him right? #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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Undomesticated: a #TankaProse #Quadrille
Did you imagine, for even a moment, that I was anything else but wild? None domesticate me. I’m untamable. But don’t be afraid! I am for you. Always. fiery tongues an unceasing wind buffeting a house “illuminated by the grace of the Holy Spirit…” (The last line is from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, from his novel…
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#Haikai Challenge #123 (1/26/20): first sparrows [twittering] (hatsusuzume) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you for honoring the dream, haijin. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Pat R2. Jane Dougherty 3. Peter4. Eugenia 5. Jade Li/Lisa6. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! The Lunar New Year began yesterday. The year of the rat has begun: The Rat is the first of all zodiac…
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“those nights sleeping…” a #tanka (1/26/20)
1/26/20: living in a city those nights sleeping in that sleepless city with that traffic drone, horns and blaring car alarms, and a night sky void of stars #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 