Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Sturgeon Moon – A Tanka – Poetry For Healing
#Haiku Happenings #1 (8/4/20): Christine Bolton’s latest #tanka for my current #Haikai Challenge! Sturgeon Moon Full moon rising high Reflecting light on water Stirring dormant souls Silhouettes of jumping fish Visible in glow of dusk Sturgeon Moon – A Tanka – Poetry For Healing
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Imaginary Friends
Originally posted on the other bunny: For a long time, Captain Hector Barbossa lived in our kitchen cupboard. During dinner, we heard him eating apples, being disinclined to acquiesce the request of parley, encrusting his peg leg with gold and jewels. One day he wasn’t there. “He was just gone, mum”, my daughter said. “He was…
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Oh Fibonacci
Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: oh Fibonacci even the sunflower knows you * * * * Interested in learning about Fibonacci numbers and how they relate to sunflowers? Read this short article in Science Magazine.
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August Gift
#Haiku Happenings #7: Eugenia’s latest #tanka for my current #Haikai Challenge! Poesy Perspectives neath the sturgeon moon plains curtained in burnished gold behold the harvest seasons come and seasons go summer was moments ago Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #150 (8/2/20): Sturgeon Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga This week, write the haikai poem of…
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“Corona lockdown…” a #tanka (8/3/20)
8/3/20: Prompt – positive power of the negative Corona lockdown… all the new hiking trails we discovered the lemonade made from life’s latest gift of lemons #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #150 (8/2/20): Sturgeon Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Originally posted on willowdot21: Today or tonight 3rd Aug there is a full moon. Frank Tassone tells this full moon has many names, among them Sturgeon Moon. So as we transcend from Summer to Autumn Frank suggest: “This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes…
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Once in a Sturgeon Moon
Originally posted on rivrvlogr: Once in a Sturgeon Moon Back in my scuba diving days, the majority of my dives were river drifts in the Niagara River. The water was a welcome relief on a hot August day, even while wearing a wet suit. A shore dive would mean parking one vehicle at the exit…
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nd 8.2 random thoughts as the day progresses – Jules Pens Some Gems…
#Haiku Happenings #4: Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! random thoughts as the day progresses belated birthdaycelebrations after chores,lunch, – candles and cake… we say our fair thee wells – thencaught the advancing storm’s breeze… eastern swallowtaillazy summer flight; dreamypop of yellow… there… Swallowtail soiree: Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, Papilio … sturgeon…