Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Gogyohka for spring singing
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: A gogyohka for Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge. ? winter stills the songs too cold to waste breath singing food too scarce when roots stir beneath a tepid sun winter recoils to bird-twitter
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My Daily #Haiku (1/27/20)
1/27/20: first wish winter birdsong —a novena beforehis first wish this year #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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At Dawn
Originally posted on Ada's Poetry Alcove (2): Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #113 Troiku Hineri … at dawn yoake ni arau tsuyude watashino ashisaichoubi at dawn I wash my feet with dew the longest day © Yozakura (1640-1716) at dawn I spread my arms toward the sun start of summer I wash my feet with…
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Giorno della memoria – Holocaust memorial day
Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Lacrime by alberto.santucci op flickr.com barbed wire why the moon still up there? filo spinato perché la luna ancora lassù? numeri neri la vostra infamia sul mio braccio black numbers your shame on my arm stelle senza cielo tutti i nomi persi nel vento stars without sky all the…
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The Birds and the Bees
#Haiku Happenings #1 (1/27/20): Barbara Kaufmann’s #haiga appears in All the Way Home: Ahing in Haiku (edited by Tobert Epstein)!
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#Haikai Challenge #123 (1/26/20): first sparrows [twittering] (hatsusuzume) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you for honoring the dream, haijin. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Pat R2. Jane Dougherty 3. Peter4. Eugenia 5. Jade Li/Lisa6. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! The Lunar New Year began yesterday. The year of the rat has begun: The Rat is the first of all zodiac…
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first dark moon – – haiku
Originally posted on Ontheland: first dark moon deadly virus shadows the new year . . ©️2020 Ontheland The moon is not visible during the days before and after the new moon (January 24). The new year mentioned is the Lunar New Year (January 25 in 2020), celebrated during the second new moon after winter solstice.
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#Haiku Happenings #8: Scott Metz presents a #gembun by Johannes S.H. Bjerg!
