Frank J. Tassone

Month: March 2018

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    #Haiku Happenings #4: Sky’s latest #haibun!

  • Haiga, Haiku & #14: Lightness & March NaHaiWriMo 2018

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * last light shines through winter trees stillness * for March Prompt #14 NaHaiWriMo 3-14-2018 * Angie Werren March 14 — shines *

  • Daily Haiku: March 15, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: starflowers light the woodland . . . we find our way ?   by Debbie Strange (Canada) Winner (Month of May) Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition, 2017 ? ?

  • robins

    Originally posted on Ontheland: fresh snow only chirps of robins break the silence ~ a robin chirps! not even blowing snow will stop spring ~ I am linking these two haiku to Frank J Tassone’s Haikai Challenge: Snow. As I wrote these poems I was also thinking about Carpe Diem’s new Crossroads feature. For this…

  • Hearthfire: A #Tanka Tuesday-on-a-Wednesday #tankaprose #Quadrille

    Hearthfire     new fire enduring fresh smoke from burning verdant wood Your face in firelight as you retell your story   you familiar words, rising above the cackling flames and flying sparks   snowfall the gentle grace by which you balance fuel  this blazing hearthfire our only warmth   for: dVerse’s Quadrille #52 Let’s Fire…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2

    a robin’s song no lesson plan survives the classroom #haikuchallenge (plan) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (March 14, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 鉛筆で指す海青し卒業歌　　寺山修司 enpitsu de sasu umi aoshi sotsugyôka pointing the blue ocean with a pencil… graduation song                                                 Shuji Terayama from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Shuji Terayama (1935-1983) is a poet and playwright.   Japanese school year ends in March…

  • Elizabeth Searle Lamb’s White Chrysanthemums

    Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: pausing halfway up the stair— white chrysanthemums © Elizabeth Searle Lamb (1917-2005) (USA) The first thing that caught my eye about this haiku is how the juxtaposition between the two parts of the poem can create different meanings. For instance, we don’t know if the white chrysanthemums are pausing, or…