Frank J. Tassone

Month: February 2018

  • It’s Spring–Or Is It? Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge

    Originally posted on Victoria C. Slotto, Author: Photo: Tomas Sobek via Flickr–labeled for non-commercial reuse. It’s Spring—Or Is It? The first year after we moved to Reno, my sister sent me a gardener’s diary. A thoughtful gift-giver, she knew of my newly born enthusiasm for the garden that we were able to plant in our…

  • Haikai Challenge #22

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: A gogyoshi for Frank’s challenge. https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://frankjtassone.com/2018/02/24/haikai-challenge-22-2-24-18-barely-spring-haru-asashi-haiku-senryu-haiku-tanka-haiga-renga/&data=02|01||2caf53d4b6e5469e109308d57ba761b7|84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa|1|0|636550881178780870&sdata=97wwKfKCuVnJCWpEzm7e+SRmttSXgHbZEgTj/4vLqc4=&reserved=0 Barely Spring barely spring – the daffodils nod in the cold sun and crabapple trees burst into pink bloom – cold and rain forecasted for tomorrow – barely spring, it is expected crabapple tree

  • #nahaiwrimo #1 (2/25/18) #haiku

    2/25/18: Dressing up lone chickadee a dry-cleaned suit waiting for the next wake #nahaiwrimo #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku: Barely Spring

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Spring is only days away. This is the thought that is getting me through this very cold patch. A haiku on the theme for Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge—barely spring. ? Sunlight on the pond dark ice crackles—spring frozen at my feet. ?

  • early melt, damp soil

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: early melt, damp soil robin’s song calling to spring ends with falling snow Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #22: Barely Spring Image source: allaboutbirds.org

  • #Senryu Saturday (2/24/18) #haibun #senryu #poetry

    Coffee-making Mayhem   “Did you pour water?” As gasping sounds emerge from the coffee maker…   “Why wouldn’t I?” a quick check of the machine anyway…   Reveals a coffee-maker filled with coffee.   But not water.   “Fool of a man! Less poetry, more coffee-making!” As a hastily-added caraf of water pours into a…

  • #Haikai Challenge #22 (2/24/18): Barely Spring (haru asashi) #haiku #senryu #haiku #tanka #haiga #renga

      photo courtesy of pixel   Thank you, haijin! Thirteen of you took time to smell the rose:   Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty 2. Vivian Zems 3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 4. Merril D. Smith 5. Jules 6. Petru J Viljoen 7. Xenia Tran 8. qbit 9. Jilly 10. Revived Writer 11. rick…

  • Flurries

    Originally posted on Poesy plus Polemics: “Snow Flurries 1” by Joan McGivney ? downy winter flutters onto my tongue forest unfazed ? ? From my books Ephemera and Riverthink