Month: June 2020
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Today’s Haiku (June 4, 2020)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 日傘さす光と影をしたがへて 大高 翔 higasa sasu hikari to kage o shitagaete I open a parasol taking light and a shadow with me Sho Ohtaka from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 ?
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Justitia
Originally posted on revivedwriter: For this haikai prompt about the need for justice blindfolded Justice: History can tip the scales skewing the balance image found here
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“closed peonies…” a #tanka (6/3/20)
6/3/20: unprompted closed peonies before the storm this calm how has eight years passed since your death? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Headline Haiku: The World is Broken
Originally posted on K.: Our voices falling on deaf ears Does anyone know what’s going on? Who will speak for the truth? Crow echoes across the empty streets Watch it and weep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKd7tx78fvY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5TmORitlKk ?
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2311
Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: colors smearedon June’s easelliatris blossoms
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Black and Blue
Originally posted on defying atrophy: Free, bound soldiers marchMy pace set by their footfallsWe advance as one. One should not presume,Who’s never been the huntedWhich moves they should make. Will the Bruises heal?Can Black and Blue becomeColors of justice? Justice will flow downLike the prophet said it wouldA mighty river. River that brings lifeNot a…
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My Daily #Haiku (6/3/20)
6/3/20: irrigation last trickledown a channel …farmers’ tears #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Lockdown Poetry 17
Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: Cafe Haiku is doing a series on haiku, haibun, tanka or related styles on the subject of the Wuhan virus lockdown which is now daily life for most of the world as the virus spreads to alarming proportions. A big thank you to all those who contributed to this effort…
Frank J. Tassone 