Tag: tanka
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A Moment of Mindful Movement: a #tankaprose
Bloodshed in three states in a week. Over twenty-nine dead in two cities within twenty-four hours. Three mass-shooters: only one alive and under arrest. The arguments begin. The ones that insist military-grade weaponry belong with the military versus the ones screaming, “Don’t touch my guns!” A President of the United States that tweets “It’s the…
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“train station…” a #tanka (8/5/19)
8/5/19: change at the station train station the long wait on the platform for a transfer seeing an AR-15 with every glance #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #98 (8/4/19): katydid (kirigirisu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Enjoyed the serenading of cicadas, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Tessa3. Dwight L. Roth4. Jane Dougherty 5. Reena Saxena6. Jules7. Linda Lee Lyberg8. Janice 9. Buddhad�sha 10. Revived Writer11. Linda Lee Lyberg (2) Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! August is among us! No sooner than it…
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“thunder…” a #tanka (8/3/19)
8/3/19: unprompted thunder the echo of multiple rounds fired the last shopping that some will have ever done #tanka #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #DomesticTerrorism #ElPasoStrong
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“Morning sun…” a #tanka (8/2/19)
8/2/19: spider web morning sun the faintest trace of a spider web Why do the hornets and yellow jackets fly free? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“cicada songs…” a #tanka (8/1/19)
8/1/19: simple beauty cicada songs an antipasto lunch with a backyard view the simple beauty of an August day with family #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Thunderstorms…” a #tanka (7/31/19)
thunderstorms the sudden silence in the yard the exhaustion I feel
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Ephemeral Eternities: a #TankaProse
How an aroma of a scarlet petal contains the rapture of joy. How a single prick of thorn holds the agony of pain. How fleeting, even when cared for. How enduring in memory, when gone. How Shakespeare denigrates it through Juliet’s “What’s in a name…” How Stephen King mystifies it as an icon of the…
Frank J. Tassone 