Tag: tanka
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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
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“another…” a #tanka (1/24/20)
1/24/20: common flower another warm winter day cherry blossoms opening in Central Park to everyone’s confusion #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“first poem…” a #tanka/#kyoka (1/22/20)
1/22/20: first poem first poem sixteen lines in four stanzas the amorous kind for a friend to give a girl for whom he could find no words #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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“morning solitude…” a #tanka (1/21/20)
1/21/20: solitude morning solitude interrupted by the need to go to work the rare pleasure of late Regents proctoring #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #122 (1/20/20): The Dream #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
All finished packing your decorations, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Indira2. Jules3. Eugenia 4. Jade Li/Lisa5. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr6. Jane Dougherty 7. Tessa8. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: It’s late. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020 is almost over. Nevertheless, the mission remains.…
Frank J. Tassone 