Haijin in Action

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The Wagon
Originally posted on the other bunny: The desert skies were clear, except for the apostrophe of cloud that hung over the mountains. In the village, a boy took possession of the day and hauled it in a red wagon, until he was called home for dinner. The sun waited all evening and well into night.…
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TIME
Originally posted on kiwissoar: ?
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Scared? Who?
#Haiku Happenings #4: Reena Saxena’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!
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My Daily #Haiku (10/21/18)
10/21/19: roadside stand waning lightfrom a roadside standfresh produce haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #109: scarecrow
Originally posted on Tao-Talk: i. Butterfly stuffings Sail in cold October gusts – Murder of crows wait. Wood bones, tattered skin dances Hat rolls between stalks — crows feast. ? ii. Long past dark stands guard Featureless-faced effigy Crows sleep, hunter moon Sun’s melted frost, eyeless tears Crows build shelter from his guts ? Frank…
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traveling alone ~ haiku
Originally posted on rivrvlogr: traveling alone long road through empty farm fields scarecrow companion This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #109: Scarecrow. Image source: Library of Congress Chinese soldier and scarecrow, by Kiyochika Kubayashi (edited here)
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gogyohka for a scarecrow
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: A gogyohka sequence for Frank Tassone’s weekly challenge in the field a tattered man of sticks and rags silent stands beneath a sky heavy with crows ? heavy clay the orange earth and sky grey slicked with orange light furrowed field full of crows no bundle of sticks will…
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#Haikai Challenge #109 (10/20/19): scarecrow (kakashi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Enjoy the moon gazing, haijin? I know I did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. joem18b3. Dwight L. Roth4. Peter5. Figments of a DuTchess 6. Reena Saxena7. Jane Dougherty8. Janice9. Jade Li/Lisa10. Tessa 11. Xenia Tran12. Jules13. Revived Writer14. Deborah15. Kerfe Roig Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets.…
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