Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Why Haiku? : Lorin Ford
#Haiku Happenings #4: AHS presents Lorin Ford, who answers “why Haiku?” Australian Haiku Society photo: Lyn Reeves Why not free verse, sonnets or ghazals? (I‘ve written some). Or bush ballads? (I love horses). My involvement with haiku started with an unexpected discovery in 2004. Carla Sari read out a haiku by Dhugal Lindsay: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxpicking up…
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fades into the Sea
Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: Oh, how quietly And how still the heavy snow Fades into the sea! —Sazanami ? Art by Tsuchiya Koitsu
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Naaldekoker
Originally posted on Haiku out of Africa: dragonfly hovers ~ waiting for its mate to join ~ in their complex dance — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Afrika
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Nothing
Originally posted on haiku tree: open window there’s nothing but the sun ?
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#Freeverse Friday #2: A spontaneous dinner-dance with Amalia Rodrigues…#haibun #haiku #poetry
We finish Mira’s homemade pizza. She’s cooked a perfect pie, complete with a savory crust that holds the cheese, pepper, onions and marinara sauce without breaking apart. With dinner done, she opens spotify and finds Amalia Rodrigues, Portugal’s most famous woman Fado singer. Her melodic, reviberating and intense crescendos fill the kitchen, move us out…
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haibun: A Year in the Life of a Tree
Originally posted on kanzen sakura: This is for Wordy Thursday over at Real Toads. We are to write positively about trees, the Wild Woman movement, climate change, etc. there is a movement afoot called “Tree Sisters: Seeding for Change, aim to plant a billion trees world-wide this year, and they are well on their way.” …
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“My Little Bit of Heaven,” A #Tanka
#Haiku Happenings #12: Colleen Cheesbro’s latest #tanka for her latest Weekly Poetry Challenge!
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#Freestyle Friday (1/19/18): A #haibun tree tribute…#haiku #poetry .@ImageCurve
Spring Suite, Finis: Apple Trees The apple tree in our backyard has grown back. Dad and I trimmed it way back before he died. It’s full again, leaves covering its crowning branches in a mane of green. Frankie’s step remains at the base of the trunk: a two-by-four we nailed just below the trunk…
