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By -Eugenia on 06/20/2020 • ( 28 )

shimmering stillness

summer solstice saffron sun

sunrise to sunset

Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #144 (6/20/20): Solstice I (Summer/Winter) Midsummer (manastu) / Midwinter (mafuyu) #Haiku #Senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the Solstice: (Summer or Winter), or Midsummer (manastsu) / Midwinter (mafuyu).

-Eugenia

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Categories: Challenges, Poetry

Tags: Creative Writing, Frank Tassone, Haikai Challenge, Haiku

28 replies

ivor20
06/20/2020 • 5:56 pm

“There’s sweetness in the winter sunlight”

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- -Eugenia
  06/20/2020 • 6:22 pm
  
  lovely scents fill the crisp cool air
  winter solstice an enjoyable affair ❄️💙
  
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  - ivor20
    06/20/2020 • 6:25 pm
    
    Your crisp words make my smile
    As I walk another wintry mile
    
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- nickreeves
  06/20/2020 • 7:16 pm
  
  Apricity
  
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  - ivor20
    06/20/2020 • 8:18 pm
    
    Yes… but she’s gone, on this Sunday morn…
    
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Frank J. Tassone
06/20/2020 • 6:12 pm

Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:

#Haiku Happenings #7: Eugenia leads off my current #haikai challenge with her latest haiku!

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- -Eugenia
  06/20/2020 • 6:23 pm
  
  Thank you for sharing, Frank! 😊
  
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Sarika, Pure Reflections
06/20/2020 • 6:48 pm

This is beautiful ☀️☀️… Lovely alliteration.. Eugenia ♥️

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- -Eugenia
  06/20/2020 • 7:29 pm
  
  Thank you, Sarika. 🌞💛
  
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  - Sarika, Pure Reflections
    06/21/2020 • 4:54 am
    
    My pleasure 🌷
    
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Monique Miller
06/20/2020 • 11:45 pm

Beautiful!

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- -Eugenia
  06/21/2020 • 8:53 am
  
  Thank you! 😊
  
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Rhen Laird
06/21/2020 • 7:13 am

Ooooh, I love this–‘specially “saffron sun”! I dare say I’ve never heard/read that phrase before!!

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- -Eugenia
  06/21/2020 • 11:12 am
  
  I’m delighted you enjoyed it, Rhen! 😊
  
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  - Rhen Laird
    06/21/2020 • 8:18 pm
    
    🙂 🙂 🙂
    
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d.a.simpsonwriter
06/21/2020 • 1:40 pm

This is so delightful 💛😊

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- -Eugenia
  06/21/2020 • 2:37 pm
  
  Thank you! 😄
  
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  - d.a.simpsonwriter
    06/22/2020 • 6:39 am
    
    It’s a pleasure
    
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revivedwriter
06/23/2020 • 6:55 pm

Masterful use of alliteration and assonance! “Shimmering stillness” sounds beautiful.

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- -Eugenia
  06/23/2020 • 7:15 pm
  
  Thank you so much!
  
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jazzytower
06/24/2020 • 10:47 pm

This is a beauty Eugi😊

Pat

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- -Eugenia
  06/25/2020 • 8:22 am
  
  Thank you, Pat! 😉
  
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jazzytower
06/24/2020 • 10:47 pm

This is a beauty Eugi😊

Pat

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msjadeli
06/27/2020 • 6:57 pm

Love the alliteration. The saffron sun from sunrise to sunset is beautiful capture of solstice!

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- -Eugenia
  06/28/2020 • 9:56 am
  
  Thank you, Jade!
  
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  - msjadeli
    06/28/2020 • 1:52 pm
    
    You are welcome.
    
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