Originally posted on K.: this persistent grey magnifies the compressed dark– dawn heavy with dusk squirrels search for buried treasure– seeds in wait for light’s return For Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #117.  I was going to do a completely different collage, but once I pulled out the handmade paper, I decided that stitching some together…

Originally posted on awisewomansjourney: In Response To: Word Of The Day Challenge – Expired Your Daily Word Prompt – Perceptive – December 19, 2019 Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #117 (12/14/19) – Midwinter (mafuyu)/Midsummer (manastu) – This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senyru, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga) that alludes to either…

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: snow in midwinter with solstice still days away driven by the wind This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #117: Midwinter. Image: I-90, Erie, Pennsylvania 14 December 2019

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/darkness-4536115_1920.jpg midwinter eveningcobalt blue twinkling star skynight of miracles Frank J. Tassone Hakai Challenge #117 Midwinter

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): くらがりに歳月を負ふ冬帽子　　石原八束 kuragari ni saigetsu o ou fuyubôshi             in the darkness             a winter cap carries             all these years                                                 Yatsuka Ishihara from “Nihon Dai-Saijiki” (“Japanese Comprehensive Saijiki”), edited by Shuoshi Mizuhara, Shuson Kato, and Kenkichi Yamamoto, published by Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan, 1981 Fay’s…