Tag: kyoka
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#Haikai Challenge II #11 (3/16/24): Spring Equinox (higan) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
I trust you enjoyed whatever Daffodils you might have seen, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Eugi3. Jules 4. Carol Anne5. Suzette Benjamin6. Ben Tonkin 7. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! The official beginning of Spring arrives in the Northern Hemisphere this Tuesday, March 19th!…
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#Haikai Challenge II #10 (3/12/24): Daffodil (Suisen) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
Have you dried off after that melt off, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Eugi 3. Jules4. Suzette Benjamin 5. shaun tenzenmen Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! A few days of spring weather arrives here in the Queen City of the Sound. Blue sky, twittering birds, even more…
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“Ah, the saying…” a #tanka/#kyoka (3/6/24)
3/6/24: flowers Ah, the saying “April showers bring May flowers” what do they say about mad March? #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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“in the middle…” a #tanka/#kyoka (3/4/24)
3/4/24: alarm in the middle of our co-planning the fire alarm another recital of “the best laid plans…” #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haikai Challenge II #9 (3/2/24): melt off (yukishiro) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
How was your February 29th, haijin? I hope it was memorable! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ben Tonkin2. Eugi3. Jules 4. Petru5. Suzette Benjamin6. Melissa Lemay 7. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Moving on. The temperature reached 60 degrees F one day last week. Then the next…
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#Haikai Challenge II #8 (2/25/24): leap year (Urudoshi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
I hope you enjoyed the snow while it lasted, haijin. Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Suzette Benjamin2. Eugi 3. Jules4. Ben Tonkin 5. Melissa Lemay6. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead… The interesting thing about having a solar calendar that is 356.25 days long is that…
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#Haikai Challenge II #7 (2/17/24): light snow (awayuki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge
Witness any inspiring Dragon Dances, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Eugi 3. Cheryl4. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! This week in New York’s backyard, we’ve had snow. Twice! In the same week! Just when we got out, Old Man Winter pulls us back in!…
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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…