Tag: haibun
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#Haikai Challenge II #5 (2/3/24): spring sea (haru no umi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
Thank you, haijin, to those of you that braved the cold. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Melissa Lemay 3. Suzette Benjamin4. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Moving forward. The traditional lunar calendar marks February as the first month of spring. Following the kigo word tradition of…
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Morning Commitment
Frank promised that he would be at Camp Bullowa by 6:45 this morning. I walked by his door at 6:30, and to my surprise, I saw that his room was empty. I walked across the cold apartment to the living room window. My car was indeed gone. before dawn braving the morning’s withering wind the…
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Um Tango Doentio
Lady Pestilence knows how to party. She carassed my arms, and I felt aches radiate from my wrists, elbows and shoulders. I felt sure a change in weather would come, but that’s not what she had in mind. She grasped my hand, raised it over my head. Ever the obedient subject, I twirled for her.…
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#Haiku Happenings #1 (2/1/24): “Withering Cold” by Melissa Lemay
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#Haiku Happenings #7: “Between Breaths” by Michelle Beauchamp
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Just an Ordinary Walk
Mira’s legacy is ready. Jack’s Auto is only a 15 minute walk up Palmer Avenue. It’s cold, but not freezing. I put on my black suade, new wool hat, and gloves. Step after step up the sidewalk, the cold finding gaps through which to seep. Thic h Nhat Hanh’s “The Miracle of Mindfulness” plays through…
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#Haiku Happenings #6: “Haibun in memory of an artist mother” by Jane Dougherty
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#Haiku Happenings #2: “Haibun Monday 1-29-24: Breath” by yours truly over at dVerse Poets Pub
Frank J. Tassone 