Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Originally posted on Project words: ? news of her death the fear of hearing it ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Peggy Willis Lyles’ Shimmering Pines
Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: shimmering pines a taste of the mountain from your cupped hands (Mayfly #31, 2001) © Peggy Willis Lyles (1939 – 2010) (USA) shimmering pines It is probably in the morning or after a rainfall, or a site with water, because we can see the reflecting lights from the dew on…
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First Sleepover: a #ThrowdownThursday .@ImageCurve #haibun
Frankie hugs us tightly. As he lets go, his eyes hold back a hint of tears, the ones that betray the hesitancy we all share. “Ok. Goodbye,” he says. He and his friend Stephan get in a silver SUV. Nora, the boy’s mother, finishes adjusting bags in the bay. As the SUV pulls away, I…
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My Daily #Haiku #2 (5/31/18)
late spring mist a black bear walks through the yard #haikuchallenge (walk) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Haiku windows edited by Katherine Munro. This week them’s: ticket wicket
Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: One haiku of mine is featured among amazing poet friends in Haiku windows edited by Kathy Munroe. Thank you so much for this excellent selection. This week them’s: ticket wicket. https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/05/30/haiku-windows-ticket-wicket/ ?
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May 31, 2018
Originally posted on Otata: Please note: as previously announced, Otata 30 will be delayed until June 10. Otata will come again one day late fall in the mountains — Santoka as translated by Burton Watson Otata mo aru hi wa kite kureru yama no aki fukaku As Watson notes, “Otata was a woman who went…
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Today’s Haiku (May 31, 2018)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 籐椅子にならびて掛けて恋ならず 富安風生 tôisu ni narabite kakete koi narazu sitting on rattan chairs next to each other but not in love Fusei Tomiyasu from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note: Fusei Tomiyasu (1885-1979) ‘tôisu’ (rattan chair) is a…
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My Daily #Haiku (5/31/18)
5/31/18: black flowering locus the murder’s last crow takes flight #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
