Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haikai linked forms

  • #Haikai Challenge #14 (12/30/17): New Year #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga

    unsplash-logoNordWood Themes Oh, you festive Haijin! Behold, your celebratory posts from last week’s challenge: Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Zander 2. ToniKanzen correct link 3. Jane Dougherty 4. Ken Gierke/rivrvlogr 5. ToniKanzen 6. Charley (Life in Portofino) 7. Jules 8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Merril D. Smith 10. Janice (Ontheland) 11. qbit 12. Revived Writer Powered…

  • #Haikai Challenge #13 (12/23/17): Christmas #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Welcome back, haijin! Pat yourselves on the back for the marvelous job you did last week! For those of you here for the first time, behold: 1. Charley (Life in Portofino) 2. Jules 3. Zander 4. ToniKanzen 5. Pat R 6. Merril D. Smith 7. qbit 8. Xenia Tran 9. Janice (Ontheland) 10. Jane Dougherty…

  • #Haikai Challenge #12 (12/17/17): Winter Solstice #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    (Illumination of Earth by Sun on the day of winter solstice on northern hemisphere. Image by Przemyslaw “Blueshade” Idzkiewicz.) Look who ran the gauntlet of last week’s Haikai Challenge: qbit– Haiku–Ever Falling Green Snow Jules Paige– Light; opaque obstructions Charley– Haiku: Snow on Evergreen Jilly– Perennial Petru– Tanka Xenia Trans– Haiku: First Snow ; Haibun:…

  • #Haikai Challenge #11 (12/9/17): first snow OR ever green #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renku

    Another successful challenge in the books! Congratulations to last week’s participating haijin:   Jilly: Thirsting and SuperMoon! Charley: Haiku–Full Frost Moon Zander: Arid Haiku Linda: #Haiku: Sacred qbit: Haiku- Arid Petrujviljoen: Arid revivedwriter: Desert   Ultreya!   It’s snowing in southeast New York. We’re expected to get between three to eight inches, or one to three, depending on which gambler–er, meteorologist–you listen to. My…

  • #Haikai Challenge 10 (12/3/17): Arid…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka

    Hello, haijin! And my hat’s off to you! For I haikai challenged, and you delivered! Last week, a record number of you answered the call:   Jilly–Ain’t Gonna Happen–a Haiku Charley–Haiku: Migration Charmed Chaos–#Haiku: Rain revivedwriter–November Rain qbit–Haiku–November Rain Vivian Zems–November Rain Xenia Trans–Where Frogs Are Sleeping Zander–In The City Rick Daddario–2017 Haiga Header Sampling…

  • #HaikaiChallenge #9(11/25/2017)…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka

    Take a bow, poets, for accepting last week’s challenge! Jilly– Live Oaks Retain Life petrujiveljoen– Thanksgiving qbit– Haiku–Thanksgiving Xenia Tran– Tanka: Counting Blessings revivedwriter– Thanksgiving Moving on to this week’s challenge! November comes to a close this week. Days shorten. Leaves shrivel and drop. Winter’s chill approaches. What could be a better time to celebrate…

  • #Haikai Challenge #8 (11/19/17) #haiku #senryu #tanka #haibun

      “Bellagio Decoration: Thanksgiving”, Marcho Verch, Wikimedia Commons   Thank you for last week’s Birthday well-wishes. I appreciate it!   Congratulations to last week’s participants!   Jilly- Heart Protector qbit- Haiku-Veteran’s Day revivedwriter- Veteran Charley- A Veteran Walks Away -Xenia- haibun-Remembrance Day   Onward!   This Thursday, The United States celebrates Thanksgiving. As Autumn progresses…

  • #Haikai Challenge #7 (11/11/17): Veterans…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka

    Thank you to last week’s participants: Jilly–Trinity Charley–Haiku–Souls in Flight qbit–haiku–River Nihil revivedwriter–remember, remember   On to today’s. It’s Veteran’s day in the United States. It’s also my birthday. Late this morning, my son and I brave the below-30-degrees-Farenheight cold to attend our neighboring village’s Veterans commemoration. Now, I’m typing this challenge–a privilege I could…