Tag: haiku
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“moonlit fawns…” a #tanka (11/15/19)
11/15/19: prompt-free moonlit fawnsearly morning froston the yardoh these are the dayswhen two cups aren’t enough #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (11/15/19)
11/15/19: stringed instrument the duston his violaBeaver Moon #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A November with Basho, Day 14
Climbed Mount Haguro on the third day of the sixth moon and, with the help of a friend who dyes cloth for mountain monks’ robes, Zushi Sakichi, obtained an audience with the Abbot of Gongen Shrine, Master Egaku, who greeted us warmly…The next day we met at the main temple to write haiku the winds…
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My Daily #Haiku (11/14/19)
11/14/19: river migrating geesean uneventful rideover the river #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A November with Basho, Day 13
The Mogami flows from the Michinoku at the far norther edge of Yamagata country. It is dangerous through Go Stone Rapids and Falcon Rapids, circumscribing northern Moutn Itajiki to meet the sea at Sakata. Mountains rose from either side of the boat as we sped between the trees. The boat was only a tiny rice-boat…
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“her phone call…” a #tanka (11/13/19)
11/13/19: unprompted her phone call news of her first accident in thirty years another from which she emerges unscathed #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (11/13/19)
11/13/19: owl squeaking field micethe moonlit flightof a great horned owl #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A November with Basho, Day 12
In Yamagata Province, the ancient temple founded by Jikaku Daishi in 860, Ryushaku Temple is stone quiet, perfectly tidy… Monks at the foot of the mountain offered rooms, then we climbed the ridge to the temple, scrambling through ancient gnarled pine and oak, gray smooth stones and moss. The temple doors, built on rock, were…
Frank J. Tassone 