Author: Frank J. Tassone
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No Second Chances In the Cage
#Haiku Happenings #4: Dave Madden’s latest #senryu for my current #haikai challenge!
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My Daily #Haiku (6/29/20)
6/30/20: natural resource drying upbefore the Pacific …Colorado River #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #145 (6/27/20): wild iris (ayame) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
#Haiku Happenings #3: Tessa Dean’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
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Off Color
Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: My walks feel more like an escape from detention. So I find myself paying closer attention to the landscape. The park grounds keeper is clearly still struggling with this delayed upkeep. Wildflowers have taken over. Often, I would come across a patch of yellow, with a pink one snuggled…
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#Haikai Challenge #145: wild iris (ayame)
Originally posted on Tao-Talk: wild iris (ayame) seen along Whitefish Bay ? Wild purple iris on the path to the water one midsummer’s day ? Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: Like the mayfly, the bloom of [the wild iris (ayame)] lasts but a single day. What better exemplar of…
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#SilentSunday (6/28/20)
A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!
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#Haikai Challenge #145 (6/27/20): wild iris (ayame) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you enjoyed your Solstice, haijin! I know I did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. s.s.3. Peter4. Jane Dougherty5. Dave Madden 6. Jules7. Tessa Dean8. Kerfe Roig9. Revived Writer10. Ron. Lavalette 11. Li/Lisa12. Xenia Tran13. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr14. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya!…
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Arid Hope: a #writephoto #TankaProse
An endless drought. The resevoir continues to dry out. Wheat and barley fields, once so full of promise, have whilted for want of water. Like everything else. We watch the medicine woman stirring her pot over a fire. She adds dash of some foul-smelling herb, chants a litany in a language none of us understand.…
