Author: Frank J. Tassone
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International Women’s Haiku Festival: Two Senryu by Amy Losak
Photo: Ines Hegedus-Garcia/Creative Commons/Flickr It’s a visit to a car dealership and with The Golden Girls in two sparkling senryu by Amy Losak. car salesman he assures me there’s no pressure … as he’s making the high-energy sales pitch. Is there a commercial venue more fraught with the tension of gender dynamics than the car dealership?…
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Screw you haiku
Originally posted on Afterwards: Red double crosser Spending her inheritance in her fox skin pelt
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Lost
Originally posted on Smell The Coffee: the rope of reason tugs at the heart of my soul I’m lost in wine ©Vivian Zems Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1390 Inspired by Rumi, the Mystical Poet The Flute Weeps: the flute weeps to the pacing drum the drunken camel rises from its knees and tugs at the…
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“calligraphy” – Folded Word
#Haiku Happenings #12: Tom Sacramona’s “calligraphy” appears in the Folded Word Press!
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1673
Originally posted on feathers: ? ? vulture-tilting winds–there’s nothing I could saythat you can hear ? ? distant — join us in NaHaiWriMo, on Facebook. I’m prompting all March long!
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#Haikai Challenge #25 (3/17/18): (Spring) Equinox (higan) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
All dug out, haijin? Clearly, many of you enjoyed frolicking in the snow. Here are your contributions! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Pat R 2. Jane Dougherty 3. KanzenToni 4. KanzenToni 5. Victoria Slotto 6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 7. Jules 8. Reena Saxena 9. Jane Dougherty 10. Sue Vincent 11. Revived Writer 12.…
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稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (8)
Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: ? ? ※ 銀線細工は秋田県指定の伝統的な工芸品です。江戸時代(1603-1868)に伝わったと言われています。 詳しくはこちらへ→ http://www.jtco.or.jp/japanese-crafts/?act=detail&id=307&p=5&c=5 ? Silver filigree is one of the traditional handicrafts in Akita Prefecture. It is said to have been introduced to Akita region in Edo period (1603-1868). more information→ http://www.jtco.or.jp/en/japanese-crafts/?act=detail&id=262&p=5&c=41 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?…
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Daily Haiku: March 17, 2018
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Bonsai master wishing a good morning to his trees by Alexis K. Rotella (USA) Brussels Sprout, Vol. VIII, Issue 2, 1990 ?
