Author: Frank J. Tassone
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My Daily #Haiku (2/9/20)
2/9/20: migrating birds departing geese …the last flurriesmelt away #NaHaiWriMo2020 #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #125 (2/8/20): hawk (taka) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you, haijin, for honoring Martha Magenta with your #haikai! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Pat R2. Jane Dougherty3. Shaun Jex 4. Eugenia5. Linda Lee Lyberg6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 7. Janice8. Kim Whysall-Hammond (England) Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: It may be spring, according to the Lunar…
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From The Archive #2: Haibun by Angelee Deodhar
Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: Optical Illusion My paternal grandmother was a rich, generous, large hearted lady and the mother of many sons and well regarded in our village. Since she died when I was only two years old I never knew her. Her equally philanthropic sons decided to give…
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Daily Haiku: Feb. 8, 2020
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: All Souls Day the pauper’s grave washed clean by rain by John J. Dunphy (USA) Acorn, #14, 2005
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#Haiku Happenings #7: Scott Metz presents a #monoku by Kemar Cummings!
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These mortal choices: a #Writephoto #TankaProse
A fresh bank of cumulus clouds floats across the sky. The bare maple branches atop the trees in the front yard gently sway in the light breeze. The near-midafternoon sun casts their pale shadows across neighbors’ houses like so much shadow theater. Except for the cold, it’s a day to visit their grave. Spring with…
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Dave Read Poetry
#Haiku Happenings #6: Dave Read’s #tanka appears in Bamboo Hut! too lazy to clean the house for guests I polish my social smile Bamboo Hut Winter 2020 Dave Read Poetry
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Kat Lehmann (U.S.A.)
Originally posted on Harusame: vernal equinox the forest swallows its mountain Comment: a haiku with classic tones and a harmonizing, pleasant juxtaposition (torihayashi 取はやし). In the Northern Hemisphere, the vernal or spring equinox (shunbun 春分) falls on March 20-21, gradually bringing longer and sunnier days. Moreover, the trees grow new leaves and life explodes with…
