Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Summer Vibes
#Haiku Happenings #2: Dave Madden’s latest #senryu for my current #haikai challenge!
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school of gar splashes ~ haiku
Originally posted on rivrvlogr: school of gar splashes startled by passing kayak a kingfisher dives This haiku using the kigo of kingfisher is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #143: Choose-your-own Summer Kigo. This actually occurred yesterday while I was kayaking. Image source: Smithsonian/National Museum of Asian Art Kingfisher, by Tsukioka Kōgyo ?
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#SilentSunday (6/14/20)
A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!
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#Haikai Challenge #143 (6/13/20): Choose-your-own Summer (Winter) Kigo #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How did you enjoy the your firefly show, haijin! Some of you clearly did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr3. Ben Kohns4. Jules 5. Pat R6. Eugenia7. s.s.8. Li/Lisa 9. Revived Writer10. Xenia Tran11. Tessa Dean12. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking…
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“freshly cut lawn…” a #tanka (6/13/20)
6/13/20: prompt-free freshly cut lawn and the patches of it bathed in sunlight I listen to the woosh of an afternoon wind #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Tanka # 204
Originally posted on Rooted in Love: Douma, Lebanon, Stone Wall The old village wall…I pass my fingersover its stonesand ask themwhat they remember
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Today’s Haiku (June 13, 2020)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 真清水の音のあはれを汲みて去る 黒田杏子 mashimizu no oto no aware o kumite saru crystal spring water the pathos of its sound I scoop up and leave Momoko Kuroda from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note: ‘shimizu’ (spring water) is a…
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#Haiku Happenings #4: Jack Galmitz’s latest haiku!