Author: Frank J. Tassone
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#Haikai Challenge #146 (7/5/20): Buck Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Have you savored the transience of the Wild Iris enough, haijin? Many of you did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa2. Pat R3. Tessa Dean4. Dave Madden5. joem18b6. s.s. 7. Linda Lee Lyberg8. Jane Dougherty9. Eugenia10. Jules11. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr12. Kerfe Roig 13. Christine Bolton14. Janice15. Revived Writer16. Xenia Tran17.…
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Réka Nyitrai’s pinned butterfly
Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: pinned butterfly – even in death beautiful – Réka Nyitrai (Romania) (published previously in Scryptic issue 2.4 December 2018) I liked the simplicity of this haiku that straight away touched me deeply. We mostly mention living creatures in our poems as a source of inspiration but this unique haiku took…
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the tenant
Originally posted on The Lotus: even as the tenant departs dawn
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Daily Haiku: July 5, 2020
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: prayer time the distant chant of birds by Eufemia Griffo (Italy) Failed Haiku, “Back from the Dead,” Issue 53, Vol. 5, 2019
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A Domestic Experience: A #Tanka-Prose
The neighborhood Fourth of July fireworks ceased sometime during the night. Now, the only sounds are the intermittent birdsongs, the rustle of breeze-tussled leaves, and the hum of a dryer exhaust. The sun approaches zenith. The last clouds dispersed. Sunlight-bathed blades of grass look a radiant green. The temperature and humidity continue to rise. Yesterday,…
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Fireflies
Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: at my door luring me into the night fireflies Pat R 7/4/20
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#Haiku Happenings #5: Scott Metz presents a #senryu by Chris Gordon!
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Spitzkoppen
Originally posted on Haiku out of Africa: ancient hills hanging ~ distant fata morgana ~ of another world —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
