Author: Frank J. Tassone
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“tangled sheets…” a #tanka/#kyoka (6/27/21)
6/27/21: unprompted tangled sheetsthe “Summer of 69” fora school year’s endno one to hearour muffled cries #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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Tanka: Red Rose
#Haiku Happenings #9: Xenia Trans’ latest #tanka!
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Today’s Haiku (June 27, 2021)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 割箸を祭の端に捨てにけり 小野あらた waribashi o matsuri no hashi ni sutenikeri ??????????? disposable chopsticks ??????????? I throw them at the edge ??????????? of the festival ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Arata Ono from Haiku-kai (Haiku World), July 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo
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nd 6.27 perch? 2p – Jules Pens Some Gems…
#Haiku Happenings #7: Jules’ latest haiku #sequence for my current #Haikai Challenge! perch? midsummer rain blocks bloodshot moon sailor plans *** chip away skies’ strawberry light nets ready? *** I should go from the smoldering tangled sheets *** and yet, I stay… as you fish for endearments *** the drawn line I leave to bait…
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On Any Given Day
Somewhere, a white butterfly floats above greenery in garden beds. A neighbor’s dog barks at whatever triggered it. Afternoon birds continue their tweets and chirps, hidden among a canopy of maple leaves Somewhere, boughs sway and leves rustle. A chartered jet flies overhead. Sunlight brightens on the backyard’s mix of freshly mowed grass and crabgrass.…
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kontinuum: kortárs haiku_contemporary haiku 2021
Originally posted on My Inner Voice: my haiku in the first preprint of kontinuum: kortárs haiku_contemporary haiku. late-night train the mother’s lullaby for everyone https://haikukontinuum.com/preprint/
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today’s scribble (06/27/21) #tanka #195, #196, #197
#Haiku Happenings #5: Ruth Klein’s latest #tanka for my current #Haikai Challenge!
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Peter Bouchier’s “Moonstruck”
#Haiku Happenings #4: Peter Bouchier’s latest haiku for my current #Haikai Challenge! Looking up at youI get the feeling you arelooking down at me