Author: Frank J. Tassone
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My Daily #Haiku #2 (11/11/18)
11/11/18: harbour safe harbor the promise of Armistice broken too soon #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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November 11
Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: I wake to see Venus gleaming as the sky lightens from indigo to azure. The goddess of love beckons and beseeches, but the war god always wins. ? Morning star rises heralds the poppy-red dawn– November morning ? Senseless wars go on, honoring in fall parades…
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s for 11.11 Stable Unclivility? / haikai 60/ Nudge 11/ solo renga | Jules Longer Strands of Gems
#Haiku Happenings #5: Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! Stable Incivility? combatant sibling unwilling to raise peace flag; unless ‘they’ have more compromise as distant as the land that separates them nothing seems civil anymore except the art of the broken heart where is the armistice and the honor of remembrance…
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“Where have all the flowers gone?”
Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Sunday is the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, when fighting ceased, bringing an end to WWI. It was called the war to end all wars, but sadly we see conflicts and wars continue throughout the world. Some say war is Hell and I would tend to agree. Many brave soldiers…
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A Paternal Encounter? an .@ImageCurve #haibun featuring my latest
Am I dreaming, or somehow awake? I can almost hear Dad: his absolute, direct, self-confident tone filled. I feel a burst of his frenetic energy. Someone calls out, “Dad!” It’s me. Someone cries, “Help!” Also, me. Corridors shrouded in gray appear. Is he here? Is this purgatory? Or hell? breaking dawn – fresh blood flowing…
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Oh what a war
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This haibun is the first poem for this Armistice Day, for Frank Tassone’s prompt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV1a52yHafY Well, here we are, waiting in the mild sunshine, the clouds scudding past from the south undecided—rain, or just passing through—for the sirens to sound and possibly the church bell to ring if they…
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Armistice
#Haiku Happenings #2: Reena’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!
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Haiku: Armistice
Originally posted on The Dark Netizen: Armistice Signed, Soldiers Gladly Laid Down Arms. Peaceful Life Began… Prompt: #Haikai Challenge #60 (11/10/18) Armistice #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
