Author: Frank J. Tassone
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new
Originally posted on Project words: new year’s eve by firelight I finish my last line ? ? ? ? ?
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Speechless . . . (a tanka)
Originally posted on A Poet in Time: ? ? ? the statue of David stands so tall in the gallery, I am speechless in the Italian I never learned ? ? Published in Ekphrasis: The British Haiku Society Member’s Anthology, 2017 ? The statue of David by Michelangelo is in the Accademia Gallery in Florence, Italy.…
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chill winter wind
Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 木枯や鐘に小石を吹きあてる kogarashi ya kane ni koishi o fukiateru The chill wind Lifts pebbles to the bell And strikes them upon it. -Yosa Buson ? Art by Ito Shinsui, “A Cold Winter Wind” ?
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Last day tanka
Originally posted on Poet's Corner: Twenty seventeen And with Auld Lang Syne tonight For sake of old times We’ll take a cup of kindness Old acquaintances renewed ©Jemverse Photo – Jempics
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New year, new star
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This tanka is for Frank Tassone’s New Year challenge. Stars, sky-spangles shift, slow and stately, wheels turning, through time and cold space. Each new year, another light in the endless firmament.
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Tanka: Every Day Magic
#Haiku Happenings #3: Xenia Tran’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!
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gazing
Originally posted on Ontheland: from year end’s window I gaze past white frost flowers small prints mark fresh snow ©2017 Ontheland ~ This year has been another unique chapter in my blogging journey. As we approach 2018 I am finally admitting that my main focus here is writing poetry. If anyone had told me ten…
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New
Originally posted on haiku tree: morning dew waking to find life is new ?
