Tag: haibun
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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
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Home Street Surrealism: a Day 4 #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #haibun
Am I asphalt. Am I blacktop and asphalt. Am I slanted and straight. What is slanted and straight. What is asphalt. What is the wind-swept lane that I am. What is the wind. What the wind is. an empty street Who lives on 24. Who works from home on 24. Who looks out a bay…
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Journey to Pine Meadow Lake: a Day 2 #NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo2020 #haibun
Fresh air new ripples spreading Start at Kakiat park, where the parking lot surrounds an island of green with a few Maples. The enclosed dog park may or may not bustle with the delighted barks of canines overjoyed with company azure sky passing cumulus fade from sight canonballing beside the “no swimming” sign Cross the…
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Such Foolish Fun: a Day 1 #NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo2020 #haibun
We don’t play often. Sure, Mira asks anytime the weather is comfortable, without too much balm or chill. I’m usually the one that refuses. But not today. She rolls her hips, steps into her toss. With a snap of her elbow and a perfect release, she looses the blue frisbee toward me. I keep my…
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#Haikai Challenge #132 (3/28/20) Coronavirus (Covid-19) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you enjoyed your (hopefully virtual) cherry blossom viewing. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Susan Zutautas3. Jane Dougherty4. Christine5. joem18b6. Pat R 7. Rhen Laird8. Li/Lisa9. Dave Madden10. Peter11. Kerfe Roig12. Janice 13. Jules14. Jayanth15. Linda Lee Lyberg 16. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward!…
Frank J. Tassone 