Tag: tanka
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“that old desk…” a #tanka (5/21/19)
5/21/19: objects that survive that old desk survived three moves and Mom how do I write where she did her “stuff?” #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“this journey, with these…” a #tanka (5/20/19)
5/20/19: treasures found along the way this journey, with these treasures found along the way even in darkness another turn of the tide as the sun yields to the moon #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #86 (5/19/19) Blue Flower Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you managed to dry out, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. The Dark Netizen2. Pat R3. Tessa 4. Janice5. Jules6. Deborah 7. Linda Lee Lyberg8. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! The clouds broke in time. Summer temperatures arose in the New York Metropolitan area this weekend.…
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“Road to Emmaus…” a #tanka (5/19/19)
5/19/19: bilocation road to Emmaus while in Jerusalem, “We have seen the Lord!” the felt bilocation of sitting where the mind isn’t #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Peace: a #TankaProse
A still pond. Canopies of maple, oak, white birch and pine reflect without blemish across it. Then the first drop falls. Ripples radiate out. More drops; more ripples, overlapping each other. The perfect reflection becomes a wavering array of verdant images twisted on an ever-trembling membrane. Soon, a blurry, raincloud gray is all the pond…
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“Sunrise…” a #tanka (5/17/19)
5/17/19: pink hills sunrise the salmon tint of the Tallman hills how beautifully they recede in my rearview mirror #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Mesa Verde…” a #tanka (5/16/19)
5:16/19: mesa Mesa Verde cliff dwellings aligned to the stars how much we all lost to the conquistadors #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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a running brook…” a #tanka (5/15/19)
5/15/19: patience amidst problems a running brook flows around every fallen branch and rock oh, if I had that patience addressing my own problems #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 