Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Haikai challenge: bird haiku
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Looking through Martha Magenta’s haiku for Frank Tassone’s weekly challenge, I was particularly struck by this one: dawn tide rolling up the beach a wave of sanderlings The Heron’s Nest, Volume XXI, Number 3: September 2019 ? My haiku on the same theme: ? thrush in a tree still…
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Night
Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: scribblingon the dark of night,fireflies Pat? R 2/02/2020 Over at Frank’s we’re honoring Martha Magenta, haiku poet by writing a poem inspired by one she wrote. Reading this inspired my poem starry nightthe draught horse’s shoesspark on concrete(Martha Magenta) Stop by Frank Tassone’s blog to read more about her,…
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#Haikai Challenge 124 (2/2/20): Martha Magenta Tribute #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you enjoyed the twittering, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Eugenia3. Jade Li/Lisa 4. Pat R5. Shaun Jex6. Jules 7. Xenia Tran8. Janice9. Deborah Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! Last week, we learned that we lost haijin Martha Magenta: Martha Magenta lived in Bristol, UK. Her…
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Issue 50 is now UP!
Originally posted on failed haiku – a journal of English Senryu: This issue was co-edited by two wonderful poets, Tanya McDonald and Kelly Sauvage Angel! And I say BRAVO! The cast list is a wonderful collection of established poets from around the world! ISSUE 50 IS RIGHT HERE! THANK YOU KELLY and TANYA!!! ? ?
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Evening
Originally posted on Magical Mystical Teacher: Shadows lengthen at day’s end, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona. ? Wilderness evening— the breath of a dying dove settles in the dust. ? Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher ? ? More SkyWatch Friday ? More Writers’ Pantry #5 at Poets and Storytellers United
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Dave Read Poetry
#Haiku Happenings #7: Dave Read’s latest haiku appears in Modern Haiku! an outburst from the bleachers… summer moon! Modern Haiku 50.3 http://davereadpoetry.blogspot.com/2020/02/an-outburst-from-bleachers.html
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“Groundhog Day…” a #tanka (2/2/20)
2/2/20: unprompted Groundhog day Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring Does this overcast day in the forties prove him right? #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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NaHaiWriMo 2020
Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: . . . Aaaand it’s National Haiku Writing Month once again, here to brighten the winter while hearts pine for spring! :- D This year’s NaHaiWriMo poems, written and posted daily to Facebook and Twitter, will be posted here on Fridays in an end-of-the-week roundup. Prompts, posts, and…