Frank J. Tassone

Month: December 2017

  • Haibun 73

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: a close approximation of nonchalance walking up a small rise in the trail. at the top i see a young doe nibbling on a sapling just a few feet apart we are. we both hold our breath. my camera with a wide angle lens is in my hand. as i…

  • John Stevenson’s Deep Gorge

    Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: a deep gorge . . . some of the silence is me © John Stevenson (USA) Editor of The Heron’s Nest and the author of Quiet Enough Lovely visual of standing in awe. This is my first impression. – Robert Gillette (USA) Excellent juxtaposition… the implication is immediate! – Gabri…

  • salted and pickled

    salted and pickled

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 冬庭や月もいとなるむしの吟 shio ni shite mo iza kotozuken miyakodori Salted and pickled Why not take with you A Capital-bird or two! -Matsuo Basho ? ?

  • Sandal

    Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: a battered sandal left by the side of the road a child’s salvation Kim M. Russell, 2017 Close Up Old Childrens Sandal & Leaf On Ground Of Abandoned Derelict Building Stock Footage My response to Carpe Diem #1333 José’s Sandals In another Paulo Coelho episode, we have a…

  • Borrowed Skin

    Borrowed Skin

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Reena Saxena’s latest #haibun!

  • An Empty Mind

    An Empty Mind

    Originally posted on Smell The Coffee: ? Silence at dawn Divine inspiration Quiet time ©Vivian Zems (#senryu) Carpe Diem Haiku Kai  #1334 […] “Now each morning, when your mind is still empty, devote a little time to the Divine … Inhale deeply and ask for all the blessings in the air to enter your body…

  • Merry Christmas! #haiku #poetry #Christmas

    This concludes my special day-of-Christmas-eve posting. I will take off tomorrow. Merry Christmas, everyone! See you on Tuesday!     green Christmas these gathering clouds promise a white Christmas  

  • Today’s Haiku (December 23, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 降る雪が川の中にもふり昏れぬ　　高屋窓秋 furuu yuki ga kawa no naka nimo furi kurenu falling snow into the river, too… dusk                                     Soshu Takaya from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, April 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note: Soshu Takaya (1910-1999) ?