Originally posted on Straight From My Heart: Chilly night…. Cold moon outside my balcony Smell of mothball on sweater. Copyright @ Goutam Dutta https://frankjtassone.com/2020/12/29/haikai-challenge-171-12-29-20-cold-moon-fuyu-no-tsuki-new-years-eve-toshi-no-yo-new-years-day-ganjitsu-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/

Originally posted on Tao Talk:       Fluffy blanket cloudshug winter moon’s cold curves –dogs dream near the fire. Snow owl disappears inside winter’s cold moon heart –pink wings rise with sun. Frost moon brightens dark-shadowed twigs scraping windows –I shiver inside. Dead tinseled trees rest at curbside, row after row,under a cold moon.…

Originally posted on revivedwriter: This is a haibun for FFFC #98 and Frank J. Tassone’s haikai challenge about the New Year / Cold Moon. I tried to come up with a good title, but they were all either too silly or too sad. I don’t want to make the reader sad right from the get-go.…

#Haiku Happenings #3: Colleen Chesebro’s latest haiku #sequence for my current #Haikai Challenge!

Originally posted on method two madness: 1imaginegrowing roots intofertile ground fertile groundthe protective cloakof the earth of the earthtalking to the moonwith stillness with stillnesswelcome the new yearimagine 2always, earthtransitioning—liferearrangedinto newpatterns—open your arms wide–inhale, welcoming For Frank Tassone’s #haikai challenge for the New Year, and Colleen’s #tanka Tuesday challenge to write a poem of hope,…