Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Results of the Australian Haiku Society Summer Solstice 2019 Haiga Kukai: Seasonal
#Haiku Happenings #3: AHS’ summer Haiga Kukei seasonal kigo winners! Australian Haiku Society Ron Moss 1st Place fiery sunset a single red blossom on the blackened branch Louise Hopewell There is no doubt that the weather is changing and that there is a climate emergency upon us. In Australia the records keep being broken, records…
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Haiku 239
Originally posted on OwnShadow: One orangutan, in the last tree-top for miles, surrounded by ‘friends’.
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Senryu – Failed Haiku, Issue #49.
Originally posted on Bending moments: #Haiku Happenings #1 (1/3/20): Madhuri’s latest #senryu appear in Failed Haiku! Bending moments View original post
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Werewolvian Wraith: a #writephoto #TankaProse
We hide from you; flee from you. Still you come. Our ancestors dwelled in the deepest shadows of the thickest forests. Yours cleared trees, built roads, and subjugated any that dared oppose them. Forests dwindled while empires rose and fell. We flee from you; hide from you. Still, you come. You called us monsters. Skin-turners.…
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Housekeeping, Haiku, and a New Year
Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: Sometimes I don’t feel meditative, contemplative, or even grounded. I like the phrase “settle the self on the self” but I can’t always do it. It’s like sweeping the floor. I’m fond of the activity, but sometimes I’d rather just lie around. “I did it…
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Today’s Haiku (January 2, 2020)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 宝船溺れるものへ浮き袋 柳 紅生 takarabune oboreru mono e ukibukuro the Seven Gods’ ship a lifejacket towards a drowning man Kosei Yanagi from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, January 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note: ‘takarabune’ (a literal translation ‘treasure ship’) is…
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haibun #5
Originally posted on weird laburnum: i’ve taken in a lodger, a student at the school of clowning. his current project is to follow me around, silently mimicking my every move. winter duska raven says whati’m thinking Stephen Toft
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“Morning sun…” a #tanka (1/2/20)
1/2/20: prompt-free Morning sunBehind the trailer parkedat the Diesel pumpa wait for AAAthe first day back to work tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
