Tag: tanka
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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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#Haikai Challenge #94 (7/13/19): Desert Rose #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Enlightened yet, haijin? I’m sure, if you are or aren’t, that it wasn’t for lack of trying! Congratulations to last week’s contributors. (Remember, since I’m away, I can’t post last week’s contributors, so keep a lookout for the big round-up post, coming soon!) Onward! As you may have guessed, We have traveled to the Southwestern…
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Inverted Expectations? (A #TankaProse)
The searing heat of a New York July weekend continues even through scattered showers. Already the skies darken with thunderclouds, yet the temperature and humidity yield not one point. Does Sydney suffer from a prevailing windchill and frost warnings? Has yet more snow consumed the streets? Or is this the sympathetic, yet uninformed, musing of…
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#Haikai challenge #93 (7/6/19) lotus (hasu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you for acknowledging your independence, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Reena Saxena3. Tessa4. The Dark Netizen 5. Janice6. Petru J Viljoen7. Jules8. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 9. Merril D. Smith10. Linda Lee Lyberg11. Dwight L. Roth12. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead We…
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“while ‘Stranger Things’…” a #tanka #kyoka (7/5/19)
7/5/19: strange situation while “Stranger Things” and “the Dark Crystal” drop on Netflix … “Mad Magazine” publishes its last edition this August #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Fourth of July…” a #tanka (7/4/19)
7/4/19: the unexpected rewards Fourth of July the unexpected rewards of America an immigrant family’s hard-earned opportunity #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
