Author: Frank J. Tassone
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#Senryu Saturday (12/23/17)…lost arts…#haiku #poetry
rainy Saturday savoring the forgotten joy of framing photos
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#Haikai Challenge #13 (12/23/17): Christmas #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Welcome back, haijin! Pat yourselves on the back for the marvelous job you did last week! For those of you here for the first time, behold: 1. Charley (Life in Portofino) 2. Jules 3. Zander 4. ToniKanzen 5. Pat R 6. Merril D. Smith 7. qbit 8. Xenia Tran 9. Janice (Ontheland) 10. Jane Dougherty…
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Daily Haiku: Dec. 23, 2017
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: rhubarb . . . nubbins of spring by Barb Germiat (USA) ?
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Six in One
Originally posted on A Poet in Time: ? Under the Basho is an excellent and unusual haiku publication. It is unusual in that submissions and acceptances continue on a rolling basis through the year while other journals have very strict reading periods. It is also unusual in that the journal is divided into various haiku…
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whispers
Originally posted on Project words: the whispers of excitement Christmas mass ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Haiga, Haiku & Haibun: Toward Longer Light
Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: ? winter solstice i paint moonlight a little darker Haibun 12-22-2017 All Through Seeing feeding the white cat. in darkness. the morning starts. way too early. again. still, waking. chilly. i know. the animals. will be watching. for me. the dog waggling. her excitement. clearly. i…
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working on a winter night
Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 鋸の音貧しさよ夜半の冬 nokogiri no oto mazushisa yo yowa no fuyu A saw’s Sound I hear–so poor to work– On a winter’s night. -Yosa Buson ? Art by Tsuchiya Koitsu, “Snowy Winter Night”
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#Free-style Friday (12/22/17)…The Dark Side of Silence, encore…#haibun #poetry #haiku #Christmas
Silent Night, Silent Day Something in the way she drives. Her left hand, turned up, turned down, on and off the steering wheel. Her steely eyes, centered on the road. The 40 MPH sprints on the side streets. The utter silence. I shrink in my seat. Pity my brother, who bears this cold onslaught of…
