Tag: tanka
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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…
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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…
