Frank J. Tassone

Month: March 2018

  • Ice War

    Ice War

    Originally posted on Smell The Coffee: The first day of spring was marked by icy winds and storms in the UK. Power cuts, traffic accidents and a general standstill has been the norm here for the last few days; some areas worse- off than others. ? the first gust of spring meets with freezing resistance…

  • (dj) March Ink/ debouch (3.3) – Daily Jewels by Jules

    #Haiku Happenings #16: Jules’ latest #renga soliloquy for my current #haikai challenge! debouch (renga, pi ku, Sedoka) from what small valley raced and roared the screaming air? sixty mile hour winds bending tree branches like twigs… finally to settle down allowing a break showing pastel pink clouds on the west horizon * emerging with endless…

  • #Haikai Challenge #23 (3/3/18): first spring gust (haru ichiban) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga

    By The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons   Welcome back, haijin! Many of you risked whiplash contemplating this Spring-winter-spring season we’re experiencing, especially in the Northeastern US. Here’s who shared: Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Jane Dougherty 3. KanzenToni 4. KanzenToni 5. Victoria Slotto 6.…

  • Footsteps

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: By Bill Waters (poem) and Robin White (Photo) Published in Vines (https://hedgerowpoems.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/vines-live.pdf), 3/2/18. About Robin White: —> http://haiku.mannlib.cornell.edu/category/author/robin-white/page/3/ *    *    *    *

  • Today’s Haiku (March 3, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 厨房に貝があるくよ雛祭　　　秋元不死男 chûbô ni kai ga aruku yo hinamatsuri             a shell walks             in the kitchen—             Hina Doll Festival                                                 Fujio Akimoto from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Fujio Akimoto (1901-1977)   ‘Hina Doll Festival’ is on March 3.

  • Dark Shadows

    #Haiku Happenings #13: Barbara Kaufman’s #haiga!

  • Haiku # 560

    Originally posted on Rooted in Love: In this beautiful world turning and turning towards the final letting go ~ What shall become of me? – dust upon dust rising to the stars

  • haiku: black-faced sheep…

    Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . black-faced sheep crop the slumping dyke vacant skies ? ? ? ? .