Category: haikai
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Indigenous Day: a #haibun
I stood before the candidates during the opening ceremonies of the Boy Scouts of America’s Order of the Arrow Ordeal weekend. Dressed at an Iroquois chief, I performed the script for the role I played: Nutiket, guardian of the circle. Other members of the ceremony complemented my performance as a “kick-add Nutiket!” I had no…
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“Columbus Day…” a #tanka/#kyoka (10/14/19)
10/14/19: unprompted Columbus Day Indigenous People’s Day how we remember our history defines us, foreshadows our legacy #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (10/14/19)
10/14/19: fresh laundry Hunter’s moonall of the fresh laundryput away #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#SilentSunday (10/13/19)
A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!
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#Haikai Challenge #108 (10/12/19): Hunter’s Moon (next full moon (nochi no tsuki)) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How did you enjoy the fall foliage, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena2. Xenia Tran3. Jane Dougherty4. Peter5. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr6. Dwight L. Roth 7. Tessa8. Jade Li/Lisa9. Jules10. Petru11. Deborah12. Kerfe Roig 13. Janice14. Xenia Tran (2)15. Linda Lee Lyberg16. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical…
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The last Campones’ Daughter: a #tankaprose
She was the last of nine surviving children. Grew up in Portugal, in a northern farming village near the Spanish border. And knew she didn’t belong there. She came to America with her parents when she was 13. After six months, her parents returned to Portugal. Before they left, they asked her if she wanted…
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My Daily #Haiku (10/12/19)
10/12/19: pumpkin mid-october …our teenage son hasn’t askedto buy a pumkin #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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“waking up…” a #senryu (10/11/19)
waking up with my wife’s noninfectious post-nasal drip #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 