Tag: haibun
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#Haikai Challenge #151 (8/9/20): first (autumn) storm (hatsu arashi) / Darkness (Yami) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
How was your moon-gazing, haijin? Many of you may have enjoyed it! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Goutam Dutta2. s.s.3. Jane Dougherty4. Jules5. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 6. willowdot217. Eugenia8. Christine Bolton9. Linda Lee Lyberg10. Li/Lisa Fox — West Michigan, USA 11. Kerfe Roig12. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr (2)13. Xenia Tran14.…
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The Open Secret of Wayfaring: a #tanka-prose
If you are a wayfarer, you follow the Way. It is as simple, and as difficult, as that. Did you think it would be complicated? or easy? running brook the rocks within eroded smooth over time phenomena on the path: obstacle, or stepping stone? for 8th August 2020 prompt: Gerry Muse #219 (occasional tanka prose)The…
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#Haikai Challenge #150 (8/2/20): Sturgeon Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you enjoyed your waterfalls, haijin! Congratulation to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Li/Lisa Fox — West Michigan, USA3. Jane Dougherty4. Jules5. Jules 6. Colleen Chesebro7. Eugenia8. Dave Madden9. willowdot2110. Xenia Tran 11. Kerfe Roig12. Christine Bolton13. Linda Lee Lyberg14. Janice15. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! August…
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Arboreal Instruction: a #Kyoka-prose #haibun
Thump! A branch fell from the maple beside the deck. It struck the lawn a foot away from the fire pit. One whole branch broke into three pieces and several shards of bark. There were no leaves on the branch. Black rot exude throughout, and from the stump that remained from where it once grew…
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Lawrence Farm Orchard Experience: an @ImageCurve #haibun / #tanka-prose
clear skies cool enough to pick yellow delicious with three of our friends so satisfying Frankie’s audio diary. His climb up Granny Smith, Gala and Fuji trees for the unblemished, still hanging apples higher up. He and Lilly atop a mound of dirt; seeking pumpkins; racing through the village. Tasting apple cider and apple cinnamon…
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Upstate New York Travel Notes: Day 2 (7/25/20) — Letchworth State Park
A long walk along trail 1. Up and down slopes and stairs. Across a footbridge, to ascend more stairs again. Frank and I leave Mira at a bench, ascend trail 6 alone. Overlook Lower falls, the river upstream from it, before our return. We reunite with Mira, recross the footpath bridge, see the lower falls…
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#Haikai Challenge #149 (7/25/20): Waterfall (taki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hope you enjoyed the meadow, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Looking ahead: Letchworth State Park, one of the best kept secrets of the NYS Parks commission. At least the New York City Back-yarders like me! I just finished breakfast with an intimate view of nearby Middle Falls. You can already guess this week’s kigo,…
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Upstate NY Travel Notes, Day 1 (7/24/20): Letchworth
After a four-and-a-half hour drive along I-86 and I-390, we arrive at Letchworth State Park. The roar of Portage Middle Falls, the mist from its waters caressing or faces, the ascending stairs and switchbacks to the Upper Falls: We enjoy every moment of this oasis of serenity. An exquisite dinner, and a final, twilight walk…
Frank J. Tassone 