Author: Frank J. Tassone
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My Daily #Haiku (4/23/20)
4/23/20: backpack overcastthe weight of the worldin a backpack #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020
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raindrops
Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: raindropsrobin in a daylilygarden Ellen Grace Olinger
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Tanka 4.23
Originally posted on whimsy~mimsy: the north wind cuts through our masks and sweaters sharply stealing away breath my hand curling within yours warm and safe in your pocket
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Tanka: Moon Notes
#Haiku Happenings #1 (4/23/20): Xenia Trans’ latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!
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Turnabout: a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #tankaprose
“One can live without having survived.” Carolyn Forche A fruit basket, delivered to a hotel room–covered in lighter fluid. A patronizing condescension during a class introduction: “one of our special people.” The abject fear with which the six-foot-something boy in a man’s body commanded. If only he had understood the old Portugese saying: “Beware the…
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Curfew: Day 29
#Haiku Happenings #9: Rajani’s latest poetic #haibun!
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Nature’s Way (Earth Day 2020)
Originally posted on K.: “Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.”—Cree Proverb I attended the first Earth Day celebration in Washington DC in 1970. I was 18 years old, full of hope and energy. …
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in its shadowed form ~ haiku
Originally posted on rivrvlogr: in its shadowed form new moon filled with hope for man waiting for moonlight This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #135: New Moon. ? ~ Day 19 ~ Image: New Moon hidden by Missouri’s cloudy sky