Tag: tanka
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#Haikai Challenge #108 (10/12/19): Hunter’s Moon (next full moon (nochi no tsuki)) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How did you enjoy the fall foliage, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena2. Xenia Tran3. Jane Dougherty4. Peter5. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr6. Dwight L. Roth 7. Tessa8. Jade Li/Lisa9. Jules10. Petru11. Deborah12. Kerfe Roig 13. Janice14. Xenia Tran (2)15. Linda Lee Lyberg16. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical…
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The last Campones’ Daughter: a #tankaprose
She was the last of nine surviving children. Grew up in Portugal, in a northern farming village near the Spanish border. And knew she didn’t belong there. She came to America with her parents when she was 13. After six months, her parents returned to Portugal. Before they left, they asked her if she wanted…
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“peak foliage…” a #tanka / #kyoka (10/11/19)
10/11/19: science and music peak foliage all the orchestra students taking AP physics the varying wavelengths as instruments tune to “A” #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Hunter’s Moon…” a #tanka (10/10/19)
10/10/19: mirrors Hunter’s moon lost in a hall of mirrors as fog rolls in How do we escape this carnival of our own making? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Publication Alert (10/9/19): “Up There” appears in Poet’s Salon!
I’m happy to report that today Poet’s Salon has published my Tanka-Prose “Up There” as part of its collection of the same name! Thank you, Kath Abela Wilson, for your consideration! Frank Tassone Up There Breathing hard. Heart racing like never before. I lean against a pine. The trail continues. But will I? Step by…
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“rainfall…” a #tanka (10/9/19)
10/9/19: fairy tale rainfall a “Maleficient” sequel trailer on TV my son asks when we’re going to our Chinese buffet lunch #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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O Francis: a #tankaprose #Ekphrastic #ode
What was it like, Francis? To experience the wounds of Christ? How did you do it? You were another noble-aspiring Merchant’s son, fighting for Assisi in another of the Italian city-states endless wars. Was it the illness you endured during your captivity? Did that brush with death open your eyes to the Truth? How did…
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“Sudden cold…” a #tanka (10/8/19)
10/8/19: unusual harvest sudden cold an unusual harvest of late bloomers oh, that only we could count on Autumn weather at last #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 