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Of parks, flowers, poetry and news: Tanka Tuesday 060324, Jo’s Monday Walk
Tired of walking in the park in front of home which has a bookstore, a coffee shop and green trees but barely any flowers, I coaxed my husband to walk up to the Gulshan Lake Park which is a kilometre away from home. The roads were strewn with leaves as if it were Autumn. The…
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Art Diaries : In the country & Tanka Tuesday: No. 23, 2/27/24
Like I said in my earlier post, I’ve been working on my art. Last week, I did a value study in grey of a photograph of the countryside and then I did the same one in color. It’s only when I finished this painting did I realize that I have no more canvas cloth. I…
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Jo’s Monday Walk – 26.02-24- A walk in the park
Yesterday, we went for a walk, our second, after returning. Since it had rained the previous day, the dust had settled and all the trees in the park looked glossy and clean. The path was strewn with yellowed leaves but the cleaners weren’t raking up the leaves because the ground was still wet. That was…
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Tanka Tuesday: Snow Becomes Rain (February 19 – March 4) Usui 雨水/ Poila Falgun
Today, I have a string of haiku that I wrote over the last few days for a challenge on Facebook in addition to the syllabic poetry I wrote for the Tanka Tuesday challenge. But before all of that there’s a poem that got published by Silverbirch Press, a few days ago. I had sent it…
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Wednesday Quotes 14.02.24/Tanka Tuesday/Thursday Doors 15.02.24
I’m participating in Wednesday Quotes challenge, February 14: Beliefs/Holidays/Valentine’s Day Love. The challenge is hosted by Marsha. Here’s my Haiku on account of Valentine’s Day. Interestingly, Valentine’s day is celebrated with great gusto in Dhaka. Just as I was leaving home to meet my friends at the coffee shop, I noticed a flower seller standing at…