Author: Frank J. Tassone
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#135
Originally posted on hedgerow: a journal of small poems: #135 is now out! Thanks to all readers & contributors. The current issue can be purchased here, or from Amazon. Submissions for #136 welcome. all best, Caroline Skanne (ed.)
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#Haibun-block
The drought continues. What roared through verdant channels now trickles. The lion’s roar is a kitten’s purr. Empty space calls forth a steady blankness. Haiku flow easily enough. Tanka pour out with little difficulty. But haibun? I am William Shakespeare from “Shakespeare in Love,” lying on his apothecary’s couch, saying, “I’ve lost my gift.” The…
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haunted by my past ~ gogyohka
Originally posted on rivrvlogr: in looming darknessthoughts once abandonedplague this worried soulnothing is as it seemshaunted by my past This gogyohka is my response to Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #PoetryChallenge No. 244 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt,with the art provided by Merril D. Smith. Image source: Free Library of Philadelphia – Visitor to Germantown by Benton Spruance(click image…
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Shadow…(haiku/senryu)
Originally posted on A Poet in Time: day moon ~ no shadow on my mammogram Published: Blithe Spirit 31.3 2021 A haiku or a senryu? I love this poem very much, and I’m so grateful to Caroline Skanne, the editor of Blithe Spirit, for choosing it for publication. I have always…
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Quest
Originally posted on Magical Mystical Teacher: A cottonwood leaf in Maricopa County, Arizona announces autumn’s arrival. ? First quest of autumn— I try to read messages written in the leaves. ? Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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“Autumn afternoon…” a #tanka (9/25/21)
9/25/21: unprompted Autumn afternooneven in the fading lightcricket songshow the weekend passeswhen we’re having fun #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Daily Haiku: Sept. 25, 2021
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu reunion my wife approaching her mother by Tom Painting (USA) Frogpond, XXVI:2, 2003
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Haiku # 701
Originally posted on Rooted in Love: Autumnone leaf then anotherfalls in the wind الخريفورقة ثم أخرىتقع في الريح ~ Septemberthrough the woods I takethe long way home ~ Septemberyou’ll find my heart buriedin a pile of yellow leaves ~ I breathe her inas though her skinis the light of the moon ~ Autumn eveningmy thoughts…
