Author: Frank J. Tassone
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#Haikai Challenge #23 (3/3/18): first spring gust (haru ichiban) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga
By The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Welcome back, haijin! Many of you risked whiplash contemplating this Spring-winter-spring season we’re experiencing, especially in the Northeastern US. Here’s who shared: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Jane Dougherty 3. KanzenToni 4. KanzenToni 5. Victoria Slotto 6.…
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Footsteps
Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: By Bill Waters (poem) and Robin White (Photo) Published in Vines (https://hedgerowpoems.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/vines-live.pdf), 3/2/18. About Robin White: —> http://haiku.mannlib.cornell.edu/category/author/robin-white/page/3/ * * * *
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Today’s Haiku (March 3, 2018)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 厨房に貝があるくよ雛祭 秋元不死男 chûbô ni kai ga aruku yo hinamatsuri a shell walks in the kitchen— Hina Doll Festival Fujio Akimoto from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note: Fujio Akimoto (1901-1977) ‘Hina Doll Festival’ is on March 3.
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Dark Shadows
#Haiku Happenings #13: Barbara Kaufman’s #haiga!
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Haiku # 560
Originally posted on Rooted in Love: In this beautiful world turning and turning towards the final letting go ~ What shall become of me? – dust upon dust rising to the stars
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haiku: black-faced sheep…
Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . black-faced sheep crop the slumping dyke vacant skies ? ? ? ? .
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A #senryu Saturday (3/3/18) #haikai challenge update
The Nor’Easter passed. Winds pick up after a quiet morning. Our power returned around four this morning. My internet service has not. Only our LTE-enabled devices (like The iPhone I’m using for this post) work. Optimum, my provider, assures me they’ll restore service soon. Sure, I’ll hold my breath waiting on them! 😆 As soon…
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Shimmering
Originally posted on Haiku out of Africa: a beautiful thing ~ glistening with bright dewdrops ~ this morning’s feather — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa