Frank J. Tassone

Month: December 2017

  • Real Toads: Friday Farewell

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Toni’s latest #haikai poem–a Jisei!

  • Autumn bends back

    Autumn bends back

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 秋返へすさや田に立てる稲草の根ごとにも身を恨みつるかな aki kafesu saya ta ni tateru inakusa no ne goto ni mo mi wo uramituru kana Autumn bends back, Standing rustling in the paddies The rice-stems – Every root embedded With my despite! -Minamoto no Toshiyori ? Art by Ray Morimura ?

  • lavender

    Originally posted on Ontheland: ? Trekking down to the compost bin in the pre-winter landscape I encounter tiny branches of thyme and lavender—remaining where all else has withered. I bow, remember this summer, the succession of wildflowers, such joy! passion here days before snowfall sweet-scented stems ©2017 Ontheland ~ In response to post of Chèvrefeuille:…

  • Haibun 63

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: naming my shadows i love the periphery. all the ‘kool kids’ are there. changing the rules. fiddling with the past. smoking each others dreams. walking home a full moon and i pass through the trees ? Most likely will never be ‘published’!

  • Winter Morning

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: Ethereal light camouflaged sun peeking through winter’s cloudy sky under the hushed graying cloak bewildered birds roost mid -day. Copyright©2017 Linda Lee Lyberg https://ramblingsofawriter2016.com/2017/11/29/weekly-tanka-prompt-challenge-week-73-mornings-winter/ ? ? ?

  • #Publication Alert (12/2/17): Mowing and Remembrance appears in Haibun Today! #haibun #haiku #poetry

    Happy that my haibun Mowing and Remembrance appears in Haibun Today, December 2017, v.11, n.4!   Mowing and Remembrance The old Yard Machine awaits. Dried out grass fills every groove in its tires. The hood, which snapped off its hinges snagging a low-hanging branch, loosely rests over the motor. One of its blades must surely…

  • #Free-styleFriday (12/1/17): my Failed Haiku 24 premier…#senryu #haiku #poetry

    Did I mention how pleased I am to appear in Failed Haiku 24?   October morning the superb timing of a failing furnace   shots fired a “dear diary” entry left blank  

  • Haibun 62

    #Haiku Happenings #8: Michael Rehling’s #haibun 62 appears in Failed Haiku 24!