Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/mvimg_20191214_165817926258324.jpg midwinter gray fades –the blush of the evening suntakes command of sky prelude to solstice, subtleshift – a lift in spirits Pat R 12/15/19 For Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge ? ?

#Haiku Happenings #2: Jules’ latest solo #renga/#AmericanSentence sequence for my latest #haikai challenge! December observations (haiku, solo renga, American sentences) all nestled at night no dog will howl at winter’s full mafayu moon *** four scampering deer across the creek; does winter’s moon glow where they rest *** Hornet’s paper nest too fragile for fierce…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: A sequence of gogyohka for Frank Tassone’s solstice prompt. ? longest night full of cloud unlit by any moon unlit by any sun yet when the morning comes the balance has tipped ? at the end of the longest night is always the morning perched on the rim of…

Originally posted on Stine Writing: Tanka: Winter Solstice The day is so short Especially in the East Too short to notice Where the weather has turned cold And spring is so far away.  https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/screen-shot-2019-12-14-at-9.31.31-pm.png

#Haiku Happenings #4: Peter Bouchier’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! blackest day of days endless ticking of the clock white angel at night https://peterbouchier.wordpress.com/english-essays-and-poems-2/missing/

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: This beautiful Red Shouldered Hawk sat on a limb just beyond the edge of my back yard. The birds at the feeder did not seemed concerned and continued to come and go as usual.  I saw him dive down after a mouse in the weeds. That is how I happened…