Month: April 2018
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#Senryu Saturday (4/7/18): My Daily #Haiku #2
Saturday night– sleeping in the bed I made #haikuchallenge (made) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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Fading Blue –
Originally posted on A.K. Finch: My new book is out. It’s 99 cents for a limited time on Amazon. Also available on Kindle Unlimited. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZHQWJF
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By the Flying Fox
#Haiku Happenings #14: Blake of Feline Alchemy’s latest haiku!
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Tanka: First cherry blossom
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: The cherry blossom and the plum blossom is all finished here, just a few late arrivals still retain a few petals. This poem is for Frank Tassone’s weekly challenge, a tanka, a form I find difficult. ? Earth turns sunwards, blossom in its wake, a wave of pale feathers.…
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A Complementary Conversation
I am the lost one. You venture across your own ways, while I stumble in the dark. How will I know where to walk if you leave me alone? You have always left me alone. Here I am, crying dry tears and screaming in silence. Where are you? Why do you abandon me? …
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dreams and illusions
Originally posted on Ontheland: This week’s Crossroads Challenge from Carpe Diem asks us to bring together two haiku, one by Arakida Moritake (1473-1549) and the other by Jane Reichhold (1937-2016). First, my new haiku: high tide stroll with you beside my bedroom window spring winds roar in the trees ©️2018 Ontheland – Arakida Moritake (Tr.…
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blossoms bringing smiles
Originally posted on rivrvlogr: The blossoms of a weeping cherry in our front yard would wait for the beginning of May to open. Among the photos I have of my mother, one of my favorites was taken in front of that tree. She spent her last two years living with us. Even after ten years,…
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a willow tree
Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 靑柳の泥にしたるゝ鹽干かな ? aoyagi no doro ni shitaruru shiohi kana ? The green willow Trails upon the mud- Tide is low, indeed. -Matsuo Basho ? Art by Oda Kazuma, ” A willow tree in Niigata” ?
Frank J. Tassone 