Category Archives: Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton

Tanka by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton

light insists on itself this spring – I put away fear, feel the strength in branches by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton (USA), Editor red lights, Vol. 13, No. 2, June 2017

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Charlotte Digregorio, Editor of The Daily Haiku, is honored to be the Featured Poet for the World Haiku Series (16) in February, https://akitahaiku.com/category/world-haiku-series/. Many thanks to Poet Hidenori Hiruta of Japan, the editor of this acclaimed series! His dedication and contributions to … Continue reading

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3 Tanka: June 15, 2022

sudden chill a dragonfly skip jives with its reflection . . . when did you stop finding us amazing by Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) Honorable Mention, Sanford Goldstein Competition 2019 Tanka Society of America     family photo: my father’s … Continue reading

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2 Tanka: June 11, 2022

singing  Requiem Mass in the choir  introduced me  as a 13-year-old to death  but not to life’s messiness    by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton (USA)  red lights, Vol. 14, No. 1, January 2018    I look again through mountain mists there, … Continue reading

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Tanka by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton

Tanka     remembering my photo of Mt. Fuji rising taken from a high-speed train strengthens me in these days of confusion         by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton (USA) Honorable Mention Fifth Fujisan Taisho/ Mt. Fuji Tanka Awards  

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