Frank J. Tassone

Month: August 2017

  • Today’s Haiku (August 17, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 緑陰の時代に沈む館跡　　坊城俊樹 ryokuin no jidai ni shizumu yakata ato               green tree shade…               a mansion house sinks               in time                                           Toshiki Bojo from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, August 2016Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • Daily Haiku: Aug. 17, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: late apricots the promises we make just out of reach by Beverly Acuff Momoi  (USA) Acorn, Fall 2011 ?

  • Haiku in The Workplace

    Originally posted on Project words: Delighted to appear once again today in Jim Kacian’s Haiku in The Workplace – ? ? rumbling stomach my co worker offers his half eaten biscuit ? ? Rachel Sutcliffe Haiku Foundation Haiku in the Workplace 16/08/17 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/08/16/haiku-in-the-workplace-kindness-from-a-colleague/

  • Wayback Wednesday 8/16/17: a #Thanksgiving gone wrong…#writephoto #haibun #haiku #poetry

    Conflicted Expectations  We cleared gravy-stained plates and tainted wine glasses. The remains of the turkey could feed the five of us for days. It was the first year we didn’t host. Mom and Dad invited us downstairs instead. We had arranged to eat dinner with them and then travel to my Sister-in-law’s for dessert. She…

  • Haibun: Night Sky Traffic

    Originally posted on Life in Portofino: source This is day 26 of Days of Unreason: “On some clear nights in the country the stars can exhaust us.” – Jim Harrison ? On clear nights in the winter we go out on an upper deck on the back of our house and gaze at the night…

  • #haiku happenings #4: THF’s Haiku in the Workplace: Kindness from a Colleague

    Jim Kacian puts your haiku to work in this weekly feature. Source: Haiku in the Workplace: Kindness from a Colleague

  • Daily Haiku: Swaying Flowers

    Daily Haiku: Swaying Flowers

    Originally posted on Urban Poetry: In this daily haiku, “Swaying Flowers”. Watching flowers and branches move to a warm breeze lulls me into a place. It is like an aphrodisiac of white noise and silence at the same time. Somehow it slows my heartbeat and mind. I’m drawn in the motions, the bending, and swaying. A…

  • Today’s Haiku (August 16, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 潜水艦繋がれてゐる晩夏光　　戸松九里 sensuikan tsunagareteiru bankakô               a submarine               is moored…               late summer light                                                         Kuri Tomatsu from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, August 2016Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo