Author: Frank J. Tassone
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“Still Cold (Yokan)” haiku
Haiku Happenings #3: Colleen Chesebro’s latest haiku for my current #Haikai Challenge!
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Oh Baby, it’s cold outside!
#Haiku Happenings #2: Eugenia’s latest haiku for my current #Haikai Challenge! Poesy Perspectives grumble in winter gelid breath answers to none snow cloaks in silence #Haikai Challenge #177 (2/6/21): Still Cold (yokan)/New Year (Shinnen) / #178: Mardi Gras/Ash Wednesday (2/13/21) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga This week’s prompt is to write our favorite haikai…
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Jules’ “nd 2.16 Spinning Straw or Just Spinning? 4p – Jules Pens Some Gems…”
#Haiku Happenings #1 (2/17/21): Jules’ latest poetic #haibun for my current #Haikai Challenge! Spinning Straw or Just Spinning? We have more time to worryAbout the sky that is red in the morningAnd the winds that howlLouder than a congress of crows Green Granny Smith apples shippedFrom who knows whereRemember to wash everything,But conserve blue water…
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#Haikai Challenge #177 (2/6/21): Still Cold (yokan)/New Year (Shinnen) / #178: Mardi Gras/Ash Wednesday (2/13/21) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you enjoyed your moon gazing / hawk-sighting, haijin! Congratulations to last challenges’ contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Tessa Dean2. s.s.3. Jules4. Eugenia 5. Jane Dougherty6. Sue Vincent7. anotherKate8. Petru 9. Goutam Dutta10. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: (Author’s note: Bear with me, as I work…
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Daily Haiku: Feb. 16, 2021
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: sunrise . . .some waterfor the chrysanthemum by Ellen Grace Olinger (USA) Hedgerow, #133, Autumn 2020
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The Haiku Masters of Japan drop in for a visit [by David Lehman] – The Best American Poetry
#Haiku Happenings #8: David Lehman of “The Best American Poetry 2020” presents haiku by the masters! Thanks to Bob Hass, I’mreading the haiku mastersof Japan — Basho, Buson and Issa —in one essential book: TheEssential Haiku, published by Ecco,with smart intro and usefulnotes by Mr. Hass. Examples follow.(Translators do not observestrict syllabic count). Here is Basho…
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Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: her tailstirs my coffeetaste of winter
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“still everywhere…” a #tanka (2/16/21)
2/16/21: inspiration– snow still everwhereeven with Spring warmthsnowthe drops of waterpreceding the next ice #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
