Tag: haikai challenge
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#Haikai Challenge II #6 (2/11/24): New Year (shinnen) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
I trust you enjoyed your Springtime sea savoring, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Jules3. Eugi 4. Peter5. Cheryl6. Ben Tonkin 7. Melissa Lemay8. Suzette Benjamin9. Selma Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! This past Saturday marks the Lunar New Year! Welcome in the Year of the Dragon! In…
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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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#Haikai Challenge II #4 (1/27/24): withering wind (kogarashi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
I trust that some of you enjoyed your moon gazing, haijin. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Ben Tonkin3. Peter 4. AJ (Ange)5. Suzette Benjamin6. Melissa Lemay 7. Lesley Scoble8. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! It’s still winter in the northern hemisphere. Two weeks ago, a…
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#Haikai Challenge II #3 (1/20/24): Wolf Moon (Urufumūn) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga
You let your light shine last week, haijin! Congratulations to all contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Ben Tonkin3. Melissa Lemay 4. AJ (Ange)5. Selma6. Kerfe 7. Suzette Benjamin8. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! It’s time for our first Full Moon prompt of the #Haikai Challenge revival. According to the…
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#Haikai Challenge II #2 (1/13/24): Little New Year (koshoogatsu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you, returning haijin, for participating in the revival edition of #Haikai Challenge II. Congratulations, contributators: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Colleen Chesebro2. Peter3. AJ (Ange) 4. Kerfe5. Suzette Benjamin6. Ben Tonkin 7. Melissa Lemay8. Jules Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Moving on! Let me take you behind the curtain of kigo selection, and share…
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#Haikai Challenge II #1 (1/6/24): first dream (hatsuyume) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Hello, haijin! I know, I know: It’s been a long time since I posted a #Haikai challenge. A long time. & to be completely honest with you, I was uncertain if I would ever post one again. Longtime readers lived through the experience; for newcomers, I will say this: I hit the wall midyear of…
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#Haikai Challenge #195-197 (Trifecta) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you refreshed yourselves, haijin! Congratulations to the last challenge’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Li/Lisa in W MI USA 3. Jules4. Goutam Dutta 5. Revived Writer6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! I stumbled through a busy June. Here we are, three weeks since the last #Haikai…
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#Haikai Challenge #194 (6/7/21): clear [spring-] water (shimizu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
I hope you enjoyed celebrating rainbows, haijin. Thank you to those of you that commemorated Memorial Day. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Ron Rowland3. Li/Lisa in W MI USA 4. Jules5. Kerfe Roig6. Peter 7. Revived Writer8. Susan Joy Clark Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! A searing heatwave…
Frank J. Tassone 