Frank J. Tassone

Month: December 2017

  • Haibun 64

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: neanderthal calculus there is a theory in anthropology that the ‘subhumans’ who came before us had the same faculty for reason and high thought that we do now. they just used that ‘fire power’ to lead a simple life uncomplicated by war waste and worry. amazing how sure we are…

  • Morning billows

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This morning billows with cold, the whiteness of ice in the air and furred about every stalk and branch. Outside my window, the lime tree’s flabby leaves hang brown and unyielding, its branches hung with balls of grain and fat, and a flock of tits, blue, yellow, black and…

  • Haiku — Full Frost Moon

    Originally posted on Life in Portofino: Wikipedia Sip dry Pinot Noir — watch the full frost moon expand, loose tensions as clouds ? Posted to Frank J. Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge 10… Arid. ?

  • #Silent Sunday 12/3/17

    Now, for a well-earned rest from #haiku Until tomorrow!

  • #Haikai Challenge 10 (12/3/17): Arid…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka

    Hello, haijin! And my hat’s off to you! For I haikai challenged, and you delivered! Last week, a record number of you answered the call:   Jilly–Ain’t Gonna Happen–a Haiku Charley–Haiku: Migration Charmed Chaos–#Haiku: Rain revivedwriter–November Rain qbit–Haiku–November Rain Vivian Zems–November Rain Xenia Trans–Where Frogs Are Sleeping Zander–In The City Rick Daddario–2017 Haiga Header Sampling…

  • #haikai challenge update…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka

    Expect the next #haikai challenge tomorrow!   super moon   delays from preparing   a new family room

  • #Senryu Saturday (12/2/2017)…nights like these…#haiku #poetry

    By Charles Mosley, 1749 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons   tangled bedsheets stars disappearing before a brightening sky    

  • Daily Haiku Special: Dec. 2, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Lately, I’ve received some just-released poetry books for the holidays that authors have asked me review for my blog. There is one that I purchased for myself that the editor didn’t contact me to announce on my blog, but I’d like to do so. It is the haiku…