Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Things to Do and Make – Reseeding Infinity
#Haiku Happenings #6: Robert Davey’s #haibun appears in Blythe Spirit! After visiting my mother in hospital I drove to see my sister, who lives in the next county. Ellen no longer sees Mum. I took Ellen to Hay-on-Wye for the afternoon. With summer long over the town was almost empty. We explored the quiet streets…
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Today’s Haiku (March 14, 2020)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): みほとけの手の平は空（くう）鳥雲に 鈴木貞雄 mihotoke no tenohira wa kû tori kumo ni deity’s palm is empty… birds into cloud Sadao Suzuki from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, May 2016 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo Fay’s Note: ‘tori kumo ni iru’ (‘bird enters clouds’ (meaning…
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Pi day
Originally posted on whimsy~mimsy: Concentric circles Rippling from one pebble dropped From the wooden bridge
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The Tao of War and Peace: a #PiDay #TankaProse
Our anonymous ancestors discovered fire. They lit their nights thereafter. Apex predators that had preyed on them before felt fear evermore. Cooked meat freed their metabolisms to generate cognitive growth. How long after did the first of our anonymous ancestors turn fire against another? Was its use the first weapon of mass destruction, in a…
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Daily Haiku: March 14, 2020
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: the way one song sticks summer sweat ? by Glenn G. Coats (USA) Acorn, Spring 2017
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Snores
Originally posted on haiku tree: 2 a.m. cat howls drown out dog snores ?
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Haiku nei giorni del virus – Haiku in the virus days
Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Josef Sudek social distancing the warmth of a voice from the cellphone ? tutti a distanza il calore di una voce dal cellulare ? pandemic I try to remember the smell of hay ? pandemia cerco di ricordare l’odore del fieno © A.M. ? ? ? ? ?
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“My Corona…” a #haibun
All around us, the lists: Wash your hands Keep your hands away from your face Cough in your elbow or inside your shirt Wash you hands In such pandemic times, even simple tasks like shopping take on Herculean proportions. Mira managed to grab the last four-pack of toilet paper left on the shelves at the…
