Frank J. Tassone

Tag: renga

  • #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…

  • #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…

  • #Haikai Challenge #5 (10/28/17/): Halloween #haiku #haibun #senryu #tanka

    Thank you, Poets, for your participation in last week’s #Haikai Challenge 4: Darkness: Jilly- What Dark May Come Charley-  Troiku – Fish Crow Vivian- Cloak of Darkness qbit- Three Haiku – Darkness revivedwriter- You Make the Darkness Light   And now, the moment you all have been waiting for–this week’s #Haikai Challenge! It’s the last weekend…

  • 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.