Tag: haibun
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What’s Underneath?
Resevoirs of underground water rise up through awakening roots. Buds unfold to growing leaves on once-dormant trees. Forsythias bloomed and daffodils sprouted. Cherry and Dogwood trees blossomed. Dill pierced the top soil between innumeral blades of growing grass. All from what has arisen from underneath. We, living in social isolation, may witness from our windows,…
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Just a Coronal-getaway Hike: a Day 11 #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #haibun
We continue our Corona-time ritual of taking our weekly hike. Only this time, we bring gloves, garbage bags and a claw utensil with us. Frank needs six (6) service hours to advance to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) rank of Life. He’ll earn three (3) of them by cleaning up a trail that we…
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Morning Counterpoint ( my second-latest .@ImageCurve #haibun)
That ticking clock. An electric hum. The gurgle of dripping coffee. Louder highway traffic. A gradual brightening of the sky above the Maple Six AM reflection… lines under my eyes Photo by Yaniv Knobel on Unsplash first published in Image Curve, April 2, 2020
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Transformation: A Day 9 #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo #haibun
windswept leaves suddenly no one walks the street Step further through the encroaching fog if you want to reach the light blue sky the swaying branches still bud
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Hope in a Time of Corona: a Day 7 #NaPoWriMo2020 / GloPoWriMo2020 #TankaProse
Have we reached the bottom? Or will we fall below whatever ground we believe we’ve reached? Bahrain uses bracelet to geo-fence the CoVid-19 infected. The Governor of New York orders schools to remain closed until the end of April. The President of the United States pedals hydrocholoroquine as a Corona Virus treatment–absent any clinical trials…
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#Haikai Challenge #133 (4/5/20): twittering (saezuri) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you’re all healthy and safe, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Xenia Tran3. Jane Dougherty4. Pat R5. joem18b 6. Li/Lisa7. Reena Saxena8. Eugenia9. Dave Madden10. Kerfe Roig 11. Jules12. Janice13. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! The Daffidils rose. The forsythias bloomed. The crabapple tree…
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O Parmigiano Di Pollo: a Day 5 #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #TankProse -aic #Ode
To you, dish that is life. To you, a meal thal luxuriates the tongue and leaves one starving. Of course, you doesn’t leave one starving. How could you, a meal that so fills the stomach, do that? Oh potent dish, with your pureed, red tomato sauce; your sizzling fried breadcrumb finish; your tangy, sumptuous poultry…
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PSA: Schedule Change for Today (4/4/20)
Good Morning, haijin and haikai poetry lovers! Just giving you a heads-up that I limiting my blogging today. Expect the #haikai challenge a full day’s regiment tomorrow. Stay healthy and safe! bobbing leaves from out of the clouds morning sun
Frank J. Tassone 