Frank J. Tassone

Month: December 2017

  • Six in One

    Originally posted on A Poet in Time: ? Under the Basho is an excellent and unusual haiku publication. It is unusual in that submissions and acceptances continue on a rolling basis through the year while other journals have very strict reading periods. It is also unusual in that the journal is divided into various haiku…

  • whispers

    Originally posted on Project words: the whispers of excitement Christmas mass ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

  • Haiga, Haiku & Haibun: Toward Longer Light

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: ? winter solstice i paint moonlight a little darker Haibun 12-22-2017 All Through Seeing feeding the white cat. in darkness. the morning starts. way too early. again. still, waking. chilly. i know. the animals. will be watching. for me. the dog waggling. her excitement. clearly. i…

  • working on a winter night

    working on a winter night

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 鋸の音貧しさよ夜半の冬 nokogiri no oto mazushisa yo yowa no fuyu A saw’s Sound I hear–so poor to work– On a winter’s night. -Yosa Buson ? Art by Tsuchiya Koitsu, “Snowy Winter Night”

  • #Free-style Friday (12/22/17)…The Dark Side of Silence, encore…#haibun #poetry #haiku #Christmas

    Silent Night, Silent Day Something in the way she drives. Her left hand, turned up, turned down, on and off the steering wheel. Her steely eyes, centered on the road. The 40 MPH sprints on the side streets. The utter silence. I shrink in my seat. Pity my brother, who bears this cold onslaught of…

  • Winter Solstice

    #Haiku Happenings #9: Charlotte Hamrick’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • short span of daylight

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: short span of daylight warmth of sun stays out of reach chickadee huddles thoughts of spring blossoms bring hope darkness will now grow shorter Frank Tassone’s Winter Solstice challenge Image source: fineartamerica.com (Ice Storm Chickadees by Johanna Lerwick)

  • Haiku in the Workplace: Women in the Office

    Originally posted on Bending moments: office home duties new boss’s roster for her male staff ? ? ? ? Source: Haiku in the Workplace: Women in the Office