Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Today’s Haiku (March 7, 2019)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 鶯にプリマドンナの血も少し 瀬戸美代子 uguisu ni purimadonna no chi mo sukoshi bush warbler has diva’s blood a little Miyoko Seto from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), April 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo
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Senryu – Failed Haiku
Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? campsite rules: don’t without authorisation ? ? all alone . . . the last chocolate ? ? cancer ward the nurses break for a cigarette ? ? pantomime taking a bow in Parliament ? ? supermarket herbs my urge to water the basil ? ? Failed Haiku, A Journal…
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My Daily #Haiku (3/7/19)
3/7/19: Helm/Conn crow caw — “Saavik, take the Conn!” after all these years #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Overcast
Originally posted on method two madness: Seeds catch the air, scattering, dispersing, falling. They burrow under the earth, embedded, laden with green. They wait to be painted in rainbows, to laugh with joy as they open and seek the sky. They remember the kisses of bees. The North Wind pushes back, sunless and relentless, chilling…
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In memory
Originally posted on Haiku out of Africa: it was just last week ~ I too picked a sunflower ~ yet I got to live —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa05
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FINALLY ISSUE 39 APPEARS!!!!
Originally posted on failed haiku – a journal of English Senryu: After much fun and games this issue is now ready for viewing. Check it out here and tell me if it was worth the wait: NO SUBMISSION FOR THE APRIL ISSUE, IT WILL BE A RETROSPECTIVE ISSUE!
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A Misplaced Kindness?
28 September, 1918. A crossroads in the French village of Marcoing. Private Henry Tandey, of the 5th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment’s 5th Battalion, encounters a wounded, fatigued German soldier. The enemy does not even raise his rifle, although Private Tandey has the man in his sights. Tandey is no coward. Earlier the same day, he…
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My Daily #Haiku (3/6/19)
3/6/19: tiller sudden storma trembling handon the tiller #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
