Category: haikai
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“a sea of stars…” a #tanka (5/21/20)
5/21/20: unprompted a sea of stars obscured by clouds and yet I still hope #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (5/20/20)
5/20/20: moot moot pointdrying in the suna wet tent #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Predation: a #Quadrille #TankaProse
When did you imagine that the world revolved around you? Did it take a stray strand of rogue gene to prove otherwise? How utterly predictable of you! a glimpse of pitiable reptillian indifference … we can only blame ourselves for the fix that we’re in for Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 178…
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My Daily #Haiku (5/19/20)
5/19/20: brunt open petals …what will take the brunt ofthe coming storm? #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (5/18/20)
5/18/20: rose hips spring rain againrose hipsleft untasted #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haikai Challenge #139 (5/17/20): fragrant breeze (kunpuu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you enjoyed fawning around, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Revived Writer3. Li/Lisa 4. Jules5. Linda Lee Lyberg6. Eugenia 7. Janice8. Xenia Tran Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! Take a deep breath. Smell that? It’s the aroma of blossoms. It’s the scent of mint, or…
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Completing the Chore: a .@ImageCurve #haibun
The dishwasher hums, and the whooshing of its water drowns out the crickets. I eat my oatmeal out of Frankie’s Frosted Flakes bowl: not another clean one remains. warm aftertasteempty pill containersbeside bottles first published in Image Curve, May 14, 2020 UPDATE: for dVerse Poets’ OpenLinkNight #267 (pubtended by Grace) The Pub is open! Come…
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Malfunction on the Morning Commute: an .@ImageCurve #haibun
A new light illuminates the dashboard. I divert to Midas, in vain, as the shop opens at 7:30. I don’t have time to wait. The manual says that the light indicates my tire pressure is low. Since Midas has no air pumps outside the garage, I travel east on Rt. 59, through the heart of…
Frank J. Tassone 