Many thanks to Frank for hosting this challenge. This week, Frank J. Tassone’s Haikai Challenge is a Spring Trinity Challenge:
| Date | Kigo |
| 2/20 | remaining snow (zansetsu) |
| 2/27 | Snow moon (Yuki no tsuki) |
| 3/6 | waters warming (mizu nurumu) |
Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that allude to any of these kigo .
Here’s how the challenge works:
1. write the haikai poem of your choice.
2. post the link of your post to Mister Linky.
3. pingback by posting the link to the challenge on your site.
4. read and comment on other contributors’ posts.
Remaining Snow (zansetsu) – haiku
From remaining snow— purple crocus burgeoning nature awakens ©2021 Colleen M. Chesebro
Snow Moon (Yuki no tuski) haiku
The snow moon glistens betwixt endless tree shadows wolf stalks his dinner ©2021 Colleen M. Chesebro
waters warming (mizu nurumu) senryu
still waters warming— I turn, craving your caress your snores wake the dead ©2021 Colleen M. Chesebro
Join me every Tuesday on wordcraftpoetry.com for the Tanka Tuesday Syllabic Poetry Challenge.
