Tag: haibun
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#throwdown Thursday 12/7/17…My latest is up: First Stiches – #Haibun #haiku #poetry | Image Curve
First Stiches BY FRANK J. TASSONE · 7TH DECEMBER 2017 Haibun I run in the day care center’s playground. Somewhere past the slide, the jungle gym and some swings, I slip and fall. My left hand thumps hard against the ground. I stand up. The hand throbs. I turn it over. Blood covers my palm…
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Crunch…a #quadrille #haibun for .@dversePoets
Crunch (By jeffreyw (Mmm… chiliUploaded by Fæ) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons) The crunch-crunch-crunch of corn tortilla chips mixed with her homemade chili. So different from the crunch-time I flopped when my supervisor walked into my classroom. The crunch-crunch-crunch of another bite. Washed down with fresh Burgundy! fallen leaves crunching under…
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#Haikai Challenge 10 (12/3/17): Arid…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka
Hello, haijin! And my hat’s off to you! For I haikai challenged, and you delivered! Last week, a record number of you answered the call: Jilly–Ain’t Gonna Happen–a Haiku Charley–Haiku: Migration Charmed Chaos–#Haiku: Rain revivedwriter–November Rain qbit–Haiku–November Rain Vivian Zems–November Rain Xenia Trans–Where Frogs Are Sleeping Zander–In The City Rick Daddario–2017 Haiga Header Sampling…
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#haikai challenge update…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka
Expect the next #haikai challenge tomorrow! super moon delays from preparing a new family room
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#Publication Alert (12/2/17): Mowing and Remembrance appears in Haibun Today! #haibun #haiku #poetry
Happy that my haibun Mowing and Remembrance appears in Haibun Today, December 2017, v.11, n.4! Mowing and Remembrance The old Yard Machine awaits. Dried out grass fills every groove in its tires. The hood, which snapped off its hinges snagging a low-hanging branch, loosely rests over the motor. One of its blades must surely…
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#ThrowdownThursday 11/30/17…my latest on .@ImageCurve: Scattered So Early #Haibun #haiku #poetry
Scattered So Early BY FRANK J. TASSONE · 30TH NOVEMBER 2017 A body in full rebellion Stomach cramps nausea vertigo A mind in disarray Swirling thoughts Songs Mania rising, falling Winds in full swirl Chime singing, Newly budding maples swaying A clock that ticks mercilessly on morning sky indifference to suffering or relief…
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A #haibun about #change for #dVerse…#poetry #haiku
Last Laugh Sitting on a rock, cross-legged, I pretend to meditate. My eyes half-closed, hands on my knees fingers up, I keep repeating “ommm.” Even when he’s so far up the trail, I see that scowl of confusion I live for. Years later, when he’s only an old photograph and another Facebook name, I still…
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A Poet’s Plans…#haibun #haiku #poetry #dVerse
Over at dVerse, Toni sings her swan song as a bartender, and she asks us to consider our plans for tonight’s Haibun Monday. While she will remain a patron of dVerse, she departs as a staff member, so she can pursue her writing and education goals. Best of luck to you, Toni! A Poet’s Plans…
Frank J. Tassone 