Tag: senryu
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#Tanka Tuesday (1/23/18): The joys of bronchitis…#feature #haibun
Wondering why I haven’t posted anything of my own since Saturday? Well, it began as a cough. It expanded to chronic, and by Saturday I needed to cancel my performance at Rockland Poet’s January Open Mic (at least I wasn’t the feature!). Chronic became incessant by Sunday. I took off yesterday and today before…
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Life of a Poet — Frank J. Tassone
Check out my interview in Poets United! #haiku #haibun #tanka #senryu
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#Senryu Saturday (1/20/18): Her Long Suffering …#haibun #poetry #haiku
Photo by Alex Loup on Unsplash Overhead from the kitchen as I changed in my bedroom: “Frankie, throw that out. I’ve suffered you father not throwing things out for seventeen years…” more marital bliss laughing so hard until the coughing starts
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#Haikai Challenge #17 (1/20/18): hawk #haiku #senryu #tanka #haibun #renga #haiga
Photo by Quentin Dr on Unsplash Thank you, haijin! Last week’s challenge broke records–for views and participation! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. ToniKanzen 2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 3. Jane Dougherty 4. Jules 5. Merril D. Smith 6. Zander 7. Jules #2 8. Xenia Tran 9. Revived Writer 10. Linda Lee Lyberg 11. Vivian Zems 12. Vivian…
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#Freeverse Friday #2: A spontaneous dinner-dance with Amalia Rodrigues…#haibun #haiku #poetry
We finish Mira’s homemade pizza. She’s cooked a perfect pie, complete with a savory crust that holds the cheese, pepper, onions and marinara sauce without breaking apart. With dinner done, she opens spotify and finds Amalia Rodrigues, Portugal’s most famous woman Fado singer. Her melodic, reviberating and intense crescendos fill the kitchen, move us out…
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#Haikai Challenge #16 (1/13/18): Freedom #haiku #senryu #tanka #haibun #renga #haiga
Photo by Jerónimo Bernot on Unsplash Well, haijin, what a ride so far! From sub-artic to spring-like to freezing once again! Yet you braved the cold to take the challenge: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Jules 3. Petru J Viljoen 4. Linda Lee Lyberg 5. Jane Dougherty 6. Merril D. Smith 7.…
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#Senryu Saturday (1/13/18): Three Senryu from #haikuchallenge tweets…#haiku #poetry
unsplash-logoKah Lok Leong “Silent Night”her Portuguese familywon’t get the memo#haikuchallenge (silent)#haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #Christmas2017 #SilentNight — Frank J. Tassone (@fjtassone2) December 24, 2017 Laoxi saying “no problem, so no blame” morning sunlight #haikuchallenge (blame) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry — Frank J. Tassone (@fjtassone2) December 29, 2017 January the sinus problem returns #haikuchallenge (problem)#haiku #senryu…
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#Monoku Monday (1/8/2018): A WordPress milestone…#haiku #senryu
cold starry night… WordPress says I’ve reached another milestone my 1,337th post…two posts ago! 🙂
