Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haikai linked forms

  • A #Troika #Quadrilla: Hawk-haunted “Rook-Delighting Heaven”

    I take on not one, not two, but three challenges at once with a form I’ve never used before! For Carpe Diem’s Weekend Meditation 5, ancient warriors between battle and peace writing haiku © Chèvrefeuille falling to the ground a flower closer to the root bidding farewell © Basho Jane Dougherty’s A Month with Yeats:…

  • #Haikai Challenge #6 (11/4/17): Saints and Souls #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka

    Here’s to last week’s participating poets, for their contributions to #haikai challenge #5 (10/28/17)–Halloween: Jilly–Trick or… Charley–Troiku–Night Fire revivedwriter–Halloween qbit–All Hallow’s Eve   Onward, now, to this week’s challenge: It’s November fourth. November 1st and 2nd collectively have been called the Catholic Days of the Dead. November the first is the Feast of All Saints…

  • #Tanka Tuesday #2: of Medals and Memories

    Kiwinana’s Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge 68 invites us to write tanka featuring the words medals and memories.   Marion Month Miraculous medals shine in the dawn’s first light So many memories of vigils never made   UPDATE: also for Real Toads Tuesday Platform!

  • #Tanka Tuesday 10/24/17…as Halloween comes…

    Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge poses the prompts “Eerie” and “Costume.” So appropriate, with Halloween around the corner. See if you can guess which short story inspired this tanka:   Eerie moonlit mist guest in a red death costume at the masquerade how many tomorrows will come before the clock’s final gong?   UPDATE: for dVerse…

  • #Haikai Challenge 4 (10/21/17): darkness #haiku #haibun #senryu #tanka

    Congratulations to Qbit (twice!), RevivedWriter (also twice!), and Jilly for participating in last week’s challenge. On to this week’s! It’s late October. The days shorten.  So what better kigo (seasonal reference) could there be than darkness? Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a haikai poem that uses, or alludes to,…

  • #Hakai Challenge #3: Foliage #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka

    Congratulations to Qbit, Xenia and revivedwriter for participating in last week’s challenge! On to this week’s challenge! It’s mid-October. Halfway to Halloween. The leaves have begun their kaleidoscope of color. This week, write a haikai poem about fall foliage. You can reference the image or use the word “foliage” in your poem. Here’s how the…

  • #Haikai Challenge #2: Harvest Moon #haiku #haibun #senryu #tanka

    Congratulations to Qbit. He entered the inaugural challenge last Sunday! And now, for this week’s challenge: We who live within the longitude of the East Coast of the US recently saw a harvest moon. Your prompt this week is to write a haikai that includes Harvest Moon. It could be those words, that image, or…

  • Renga – Raccoon Bones (qbit/frankjt)

    Originally posted on qbit: Raccoon bones Litter the rocks Striding through the backyard Coyote Snarled tracks in snow Prowl the sliding door Flick of a light switch Scamper of footsteps Cat Is MIAow! ? ? Authors and Madpersons: qbit and frankjtassone Renga Challenge – Raccoon Bones Jilly’s September Casting Bricks Challenge.