Frank J. Tassone

Month: September 2017

  • Haibun Monday: Komorebi

    Originally posted on dVerse: Hello my fellow partners-in-crime-poets! Happy Haibun Monday. It is almost the first of September, a time to which many means that summer is dying. Well…not quite. It will not be officially autumn until September 22, the Autumnal Equinox. However, summer is winding down and soon fall will be gearing up with…

  • Haibun – Waterways

    Originally posted on qbit: The geese here on the Hudson have no intention of heading south for the winter. They are New Yorkers, with hipster lifestyles to maintain. No way are they giving up Sunday morning bagels, Thai take-out, and small batch artisanal french fries. And the kids? Like all good Millennials, the gosling mini-me’s…

  • #Haiku Happenings #4: THF’s Book of the Week: tule

    Get it here!

  • Today’s Haiku (September 4, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 山葡萄一粒づつの雨雫　　　島山允子 yamabudô hitotsubu zutsu no amashizuku             wild grapes…             a raindrop             on each grape                                                 Mitsuko Shimayama from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 ?

  • Monoku Monday 9/4/17…Revisiting the Harshness…#haiku #haibun #monoku

    In Harshness In the crunch of fiberglass, a shattered mirror dangling on a wire. In the biting words of a text-message slap, the piercing cold stare of an evaluator’s review. In every word and action taken or not. In every inch of fallen snow power-thrown before sunrise.   Not only in rippling lakes cold sunset…

  • Daily Haiku: Sept. 4, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: SENRYU finding a penny outside the homeless shelter leaving it by susan delphine delaney, (USA) bottlerockets, #15, 2006 ?

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    Originally posted on the other bunny: In grey goo scenarios, nanobots might replicate [willy-nilly], seizing control of both water supply and bloodstream, causing the average citizen to feel “I’ve been reduced to an accident.” why carry an umbrella in the night when your body belongs to no one, anymore . Source: FutureForAll.org A Layperson’s View…

  • Silent Sunday 9/3/2017 #haiku

    A rest from #haiku.  I’ll be back tomorrow with another edition of #monoku Monday to kick off the week. Stay safe. Stay serene. Stay in your haiku moment.