Tag: tanka
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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…
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#Haikai Challenge #96 (7/27/19): cicada (semi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Warm enough for you, haijin! I know I am! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Tessa2. Jane Dougherty3. Jules4. Reena Saxena 5. Dave Madden6. The Dark Netizen7. Janice8. Xenia Tran 9. Linda Lee Lyberg10. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead It’s the last weekend of July. That means…
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Late Afternoon Weeding: a #tankaprose
Mira has the green thumb, not me. The cool of the late afternoon comes upon us at last. The humidity remains constant; that is the one thing we did not miss out west! Still, She decides it’s a better time to weed than during the prime heat of the day. She fills her pine basket…
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“scouring heat…” a #tanka (7/22/19)
7/22/19: prompt-free scouring heat the welcome relief of thunder too soon, the rainclouds pass and cicadas sing without pause #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #95 (7/20/19): smoldering [hot] (moyuru) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Have you opened your third eye like the lotus, haijin? Congratulations to contributors from two weeks ago: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Reena Saxena3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr4. Jane Dougherty5. Dwight L. Roth 6. Linda Lee Lyberg7. Jules #28. Tessa9. Xenia Tran10. Janice 11. Deborah12. Revived Writer13. Petru J Viljoen Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical…
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