Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 23, 2018
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: In the seam between asphalt road and concrete curb, a ruffle of weeds ? by Kathy Lohrum Cotton (USA) Honorable Mention, Traditional Haiku Category Illinois State Poetry Society Contest, 2017 ?
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brambles are caught
Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 馬の尾にいばらのかゝる枯野哉 uma no o ni ibara no kakaru kareno kana In my horse’s tail Brambles are caught In this winter field. -Yosa Buson Art by Takeuchi Seiho
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Hawk 4
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Another contribution to Frank Tassone’s ‘hawk’ theme haikai challenge. ? Wind in feathers sings of hawk-plunge and rabbit scream— red blood on white snow. ?
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The Good of the Poor
Originally posted on Victoria C. Slotto, Author: The Good of the Poor About 1981 or 82, I sat in a cold church in Detroit, Michigan. I pulled my coat around me, barely noticing the cold, entranced, instead, by the strong voice of a diminutive woman clothed in just a white sari with blue edging. Fearlessly…
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Hawk-like Eyes
Originally posted on revivedwriter: Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge this week is to include the word hawk. Emotions hunting: Hawk-like eyes, grasping talons, Bird of prey inside.
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Shadowed
Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: shadowed graveyard stones of strangers a foreign language after the rain old man on a bicycle pedals by I sit writing by the shrine—perplex the neighbors I traveled my whole life, just to enjoy this twitted leafless trees— this slick moss almost trips me up…
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Life of a Poet — Frank J. Tassone
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sculpture garden…
#Haiku Happenings #10: Tia Hayne’s latest haiku appears in the latest edition of Stardust!
