Tag: tanka
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A November with Basho, Day 12
In Yamagata Province, the ancient temple founded by Jikaku Daishi in 860, Ryushaku Temple is stone quiet, perfectly tidy… Monks at the foot of the mountain offered rooms, then we climbed the ridge to the temple, scrambling through ancient gnarled pine and oak, gray smooth stones and moss. The temple doors, built on rock, were…
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“so many years…” a #tanka
11/12/19: in concert so many years since seeing the Kinks in concert fresh snow falling on my memories #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“browning leaves…” a #tanka (11/11/19)
11/11/19: mirror image dream browning leaves so the mirror image dream of departed spring bow your heads in gratitude to our Veterans today #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #VeteransDay2019
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#Haikai Challenge #112 (11/10/19): Veterans Day/Beaver Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Endured the wind long enough, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Indira3. Jules4. Tessa5. Dwight L. Roth 6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr7. Reena Saxena8. Jade Li/Lisa9. Deborah10. Xenia Tran 11. Kerfe Roig12. Linda Lee Lyberg13. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! November progresses, and here in the Hudson…
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A November with Basho, Day 9
Deeply touched by the famous pine at Takekuma, twin trunks just as long ago… reported to have been cut down and replaced several times, it stood like a relic of a thousand years, impossibly perfect. The poet Kyohaka had given me a poem at my departure: remember to show my master the famous Takekuma pine,…
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“Where is Vivian…” a #tanka (11/8/19)
11/8/19: seen in the lake Where is Vivan our own Lady of the lake with Excalibur? How our land needs an Arthur to bear light to this darkness! #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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“aching joints…” a #tanka (11/7/19)
11/7/19: prompt free aching joints an afternoon of coming rain so much time invested for such a small return #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Autumn chill…” a #tanka (11/6/19)
11/6/19: blooms out of season Autumn chill and an unexpected annual blossom all too soon withered petals join the fallen foliage #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
