Tag: tanka
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“summer heat…” a #tanka (8/19/19)
8/19/19: learning from insects summer heat a grasshopper’s slow descent down a deck chair What patience I learn from watching your walk! #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #100 (8/17/19): Milky Way (amanogawa). Lit. ‘River of Heaven’ #Haiku #Senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you enjoyed your moon-gazing, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Reena Saxena3. Dwight L. Roth4. Suzanne 5. Jane Dougherty6. Linda Lee Lyberg7. Xenia Tran8. Tessa 9. Janice10. Kerfe Roig11. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! Mid-August in New York already feels like Fall–when the last summer…
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The Sorrow before Surrender: a #TankaProse
8/16/19: making peace from war The thunderous echoes of weapons of war. The sirens, the shattered apartments and hospitals. The survivors, buried with the dead, under rubble. The legions of dead and injured among the combatants. The even greater casualties among the civilians. Is it exhaustion that unclenches the fists of those in war? The…
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“the black clouds…” a #tanka (8/13/19)
8/13/19: prompt-free (bright and black): the black clouds of another thunderstorm yesterday’s bright sky a sighing memory so like this summer passing away #tanka #micropoetry #poetry for Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 140 #SynonymsOnly
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“more cicada songs…” a #tanka (8/12/19)
8/12/19: cure more cicada songs “I will always love you” by The Cure earworms me as another August day heats up to eighty-seven #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #99 (8/10/19): Sturgeon Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Had enough of the katydids’ songs, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Dwight L. Roth 3. Jules4. Whimsy Mimsy 5. Linda Lee Lyberg6. Tessa Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: August 15th marks the arrival of the full moon. This moon traditionally goes by the name Sturgeon…
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“as the maples sway…” a #tanka (8/8/19)
8/8/19: making the world a better place as the maples sway in yet another breeze voices call out to end the violence stalking our streets and our hearts #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“falling leaf…” a #tanka (8/7/19)
8/7/19: transformation falling leaf a raven takes flight before the rain the transformation of seasons continues in spite of us #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 