#Haiku Happenings #5: Jules’ latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! Grace for Lincoln from the mouths of babes or an eleven year old; please sir, grow whiskers ©J/h Photo credit Wiki: Lincoln Bedell statue, Westfield, New York Background. On October 15, 1860, a few weeks before Lincoln was elected President of the United States, Grace…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Frank Tassone’s prompt is to write a haikai poem about a president. This one is about Éamon de Valera. ? after the bloodbath of fratricidal war your dearth of vision ?

#Haiku Happenings #3: Tessa’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: President’s Day is on Monday. Today Frank Tassone, asked us to write a Haikai poem that talks about a president or presidents past or present. As I read Tessa’s poem today, talking about the presidents on Mount Rushmore, this thought came to mind. See what your think! Past presidents sit high…

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: we suffer a fool he who would be President White House a disgrace This senryū is a response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #73: Presidents. Image source: The Week

Originally posted on pauldavidmena: The phrase “First thought, best thought” originated with Allen Ginsberg, but Jack Kerouac popularized it in his essay Essentials of Spontaneous Prose and illustrated the approach in his epic novel “On the Road“. Popular myth holds that the original manuscript was written on a single continous sheet of paper in one…

Originally posted on feathers: ? ? wind-flowers — a whisper on an empty glass ? ? lipstick mark on glass