Author: Frank J. Tassone
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evergreens and ferns
Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: reading haikuthe generous new growthof evergreens green fernsin morning lightbird songs “reading haiku” Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s BlogDaily Haiku: June 21, 2019 “green ferns”Poems From Oostburg, WisconsinJuly 16, 2021
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Today’s Haiku (June 23, 2022)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 口にして父の名重し柿の花 永島靖子 kuchi ni shite chichi no na omoshi kaki no hana ??????????? when I say it ??????????? father’s name sounds heavy ??????????? persimmon blossoms ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Yasuko Nagashima from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
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Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: trackless sanddesert wind erasesa mulga’s path Jahan Tyson https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/trackless-sand-desert.jpg Wanda Amos
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Under Pressure
The omega. Always the last to feed, despite my part in the hunt. Always the butt of snickers, warning growls, scuffles—and the bites and flesh tearings that drive me apart. Always the omega. All because I run to my own heartbeat. Because my howl is my own. Because the pack would rule me when I…
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Boiling Point. by Alan Peat
Originally posted on Haiku Basecamp: Boiling Point. I sleep like a forgotten milk pan. At first dreams simmer on the stove of night – birds dive through my shuttered canopy; I watch from a rock in a sea of browning moss. Then the past rises up as insistent bubbles; at first at the edges of…
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three short poems
Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: These are poems from the archives to follow Gardens, Time, Lessons. https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/peony_bw.png tree branchesbowed to the groundseemingly half-brokencovered with new leavesmy notebook of prayers different shapesof the rose bushand lilacs in the yardthey grew towardsthe light beginningin the areawhere we hadto take a tree downnew peony leaves https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/peonies.jpg
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Today’s Haiku (June 22, 2022)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 川音の方へ片寄り生簀鮎 黛 執 kawaoto no hô e katayori ikesu-ayu ??????????? gathering to the side ??????????? of a river sound ??????????? ayu in the fish pen ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Shu Mayuzumi from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:? “ayu” (sweetfish) is a summer kigo.
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“the screech…” a #tanka (6/22/22)
6/22/22: overhead the screechof a hawk flyingoverheadthe sudden departureof the backyard squirrels #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
