Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • natsumo ~ a tanka

    Originally posted on Mindfills: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/screenshot_20200719-2104157164347088901559957.png manasarovar summer 2014 ? sunflares scorching red weals on summer meadows ~ earth’s skin remembers soft rose petal caresses tattoos to trace in winter *** Mindfills by s.s. for Frank Tassone’s Haikai challenge – natsumo (summer meadows) Cee’s FOTD

  • And the living is easy…

    And the living is easy…

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Eugenia’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! Poesy Perspectives summer carefree charm meadows awash with sunshine giddy is my soul Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #148 (7/18/20): summer meadow (natsuno) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.)…

  • The Warmth of a Win

    The Warmth of a Win

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (7/20/20): Dave Madden’s latest #senryu for my current #haikai challenge!

  • #SilentSunday (7/19/20)

    A rest from #Haiku See you tomorrow!

  • #Haikai Challenge #148 (7/18/20): summer meadow (natsuno) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Enduring the heat, haijin? I hope so! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa2. Eugenia3. Christine Bialczak4. Pat5. s.s.6. Dave Madden 7. Jane Dougherty8. Janice9. Jules10. Petru Viljoen11. Xenia Tran12. Tessa Dean 13. Peter14. Kerfe Roig15. Revived Writer16. Linda Lee Lyberg17. Christine Bolton18. Li/Lisa (2) Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya!…

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    #Haiku Happenings #9: Echidna Tracks presents a haiku by John Low! Echidna Tracks cold sky loping ahead of the rain black cockatoos John Low View original post

  • 稲美里佳の短歌:Tanka by Rika Inami (35)

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: 2020年7月 短歌 July 2020, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 ? 1. ? ? 鈴なりの花びらにほふ桐の花 空にやさしき夢鳥やすむ ? paulownia  full of flowering  and fragrant… a dream-bird tender to air alights on it ? Dream-bird means Phoenix. It is said that Phoenix alights on the paulownia-tree. / 夢鳥は鳳凰を指します。鳳凰は桐の木にとまると言われています。 2.…

  • ancient stream

    Originally posted on The Lotus: ancient stream overflowing nectar