Frank J. Tassone

Month: April 2018

  • 11 April

    Originally posted on Haiku Three Six Five. : disappearances slowly coming into view – the mist hangs heavy.

  • Tanka

    Originally posted on Bending moments: insomnia… fluttering in the dark butterflies the words of a poem I write in my mind (Presence issue 60) March 2018

  • My New York: A City Love Affair

      I could write about the first time I saw New York City. How the skyline of Manhattan drew the wows only a child utters at their sight. How the Circle line showed me the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Tower, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center–all in their lit glory.   I…

  • Haibun: The not city

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This haibun is for the dverse prompt—cities. ? So many cities I’ve known, ingrained in my bones with the heavy tread of bus tyres. Images stamped behind the eyes of crowds and bustle mutter, even in the nervous lull of quieter streets. Cities are the woodpecker tapping in the…

  • Rainbow

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: A Rengay by Bill Waters & Michael Dylan Welch “one small step” . . . up there on the moon old glory the union jack limp at the cenotaph Olympic rings snapping in the wind . . . doping allegations summer swelter — a tattered jolly roger on the…

  • Bluebonnets

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: Bluebonnets and dreaming of home, a time when life moved slow as bees sang their praises in the meadows and Indian Paintbrushes reached for the sky bluebonnets blooming red barns and mules braying low yearning to go home ? ©2018 Linda Lee Lyberg ? Carpe Diem #1406 meadow (one-bun) Photo…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2

    4/10/18: temple last remains of a sangha’s dream temple ruins #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #napowrimo2018

  • Haibun: A New Breath

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Xenia Tran’s second #haibun for my current #Haikai challenge!