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. Mice…

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: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/conception-blk-s.jpg 1imaginegrowing roots intofertile ground fertile groundthe protective cloakof the earth of the earthtalking to the moonwith stillness with stillnesswelcome the new yearimagine https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/conception-close-up-1s.jpg 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…