Frank J. Tassone

Month: March 2018

  • An overlong meeting (3/6/18)…

    …prevents me from posting my usual #tankaprose this evening. Expect it sometime tomorrow. Who knew a school board meeting could run n three hours? 😆 first snowfall from the next Nor’easter the day’s fatigue

  • A Love Token: a #tankaprose… #haiku #haibun #tanka

    Photo by Carlos Quintero on Unsplash   you revive all my words of love from our green moments a present you present me one bright afternoon   There they are. Every verse I ever wrote, on every card I ever gave. All typed in Times-New Roman font in a word file. You print me the file you created…

  • Today’s Haiku (March 6, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 整備士のポニーテールに春の風　  森田宙心 seibishi no poniiteiru ni haru no kaze             on the ponytail             of a mechanic             spring wind                                                 Chushin Morita from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), June 2009 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

  • late night…

    #Haiku Happenings #9: Tia Haynes’ latest haiku appears in Blithe Spirit, volume 28, number 1!

  • Otata, March 2018

    Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: spring garden silkworms become butterflies again * Eufemia Griffo Otata, March 2018

  • Haibun: When Stillness Runs Deep

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Haru Ichiban

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: This week, Frank J. Tassone is challenging us all to write about the “first spring gust,” which in Japanese is “haru ichiban.” I wrote this tanka, thinking about the hope of new beginnings. Join other poets here. First spring gust blowing Against cherry-tree branches: Flowers’ aroma Enticing new beginnings, Face turned…

  • My Daily Haiku #1 (3/6/18)

    3/6/18: without high school breakup … “With or Without You”plays again and again #haiku #micropoetry #poetry