Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Mystery: a Gerry Muse #TankaProse
11/30/2019: Gerry Muse #183 (mystery) Why do you draw closer? Did the fate of your forebearers mean nothing? I offer you only hardship and ruin. Snow covered trails, rockslides, scrambles and switch-backs: Only the insane attempt such ascents. Yes, I know you want to gaze out at the summit. Savor the Vista so few see.…
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December, 2019
Originally posted on Otata: From otata’s bookshelf: David Miller, Circle Square Triangle: fragments of an autobiography Romano Zeraschi, Poems Lost and Found Suffering from an onset of heartbreak, otata is unable to issue her 48th number. She extends her regrets and offers thanks to all who have contributed over the past four years. The email…
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winter morning
Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: sleepless nightscraping offthe thick frost
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Haiga 129
Originally posted on Michael Rehling: #Haiku Happenings #7: Michael Rehling’s #haiga #129! Michael Rehling View original post
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A November with Basho, Day 23
Author’s note: I’m afraid that my November with Basho ends today. Unfortunately, due to illness, work demands, and Thanksgiving, I could not keep up. I hope you’ve enjoyed the journey. Sora, suffering from persistent stomach ailments, was forced to return to his relatives in Nagashima in Ise Province. His parting words: sick to the bone…
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red moon
Originally posted on Christina Chin Haiku: 🔸 incense smoke shrouds the red moon Obon festival 🔸 En français la fumée d’encens enveloppe la lune rouge festival d’Obon [Tr. Jean-Louis Chartrain] 🔸 台俳（Taiwanese Haiku) 香薰煙 掩藏赤月 法會祭 [Tr. Jimmycm Lin] 🔸 Assamese ধূপৰ ধোঁৱাই ৰঙা জোনক আৱৰে অবন উৎসৱ [Tr. Mafizuddin Chowdhury] 🔸 The Cicada’s Cry…
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Poems
Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: daylightsome clouds the colorsof birch trees new booksby poets, editorsand publishers –their time to shineand readers blessed gratitudefor the many gifts sharedblogs and books Today I began reading Another Trip Around the Sun: 365 Days of Haiku for Children Young and Old. edited by Jessica Malone Latham. 2019,…
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What is a monoku? #PoeticForm #Monoku
#Haiku Happenings #4: Jason Muckley offers a primer on #monoku with his own examples! Poems for Warriors Photo by Elias Sch. on Pixabay A Monoku is a type of poem made up of a single horizontal line. Monoku emerged as an independent style of poetry in the 1970s. Unlike the traditional Haiku, which is made…
