Frank J. Tassone

Month: May 2018

  • First Sleepover: a #ThrowdownThursday .@ImageCurve #haibun

    Frankie hugs us tightly. As he lets go, his eyes hold back a hint of tears, the ones that betray the hesitancy we all share. “Ok. Goodbye,” he says. He and his friend Stephan get in a silver SUV. Nora, the boy’s mother, finishes adjusting bags in the bay. As the SUV pulls away, I…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (5/31/18)

    late spring mist a black bear walks through the yard #haikuchallenge (walk) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku windows edited by Katherine Munro. This week them’s: ticket wicket

    Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: One haiku of mine is featured among amazing poet friends in Haiku windows edited by Kathy Munroe. Thank you so much for this excellent selection. This week them’s: ticket wicket. https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/05/30/haiku-windows-ticket-wicket/ ?

  • May 31, 2018

    Originally posted on Otata: Please note: as previously announced, Otata 30 will be delayed until June 10. Otata will come again one day late fall in the mountains — Santoka as translated by Burton Watson Otata mo aru hi wa kite kureru yama no aki fukaku As Watson notes, “Otata was a woman who went…

  • Today’s Haiku (May 31, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 籐椅子にならびて掛けて恋ならず　　　富安風生 tôisu ni narabite kakete koi narazu             sitting on rattan chairs             next to each other             but not in love                                                 Fusei Tomiyasu from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   Fusei Tomiyasu (1885-1979)  ‘tôisu’ (rattan chair) is a…

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/31/18)

    5/31/18: black flowering locus the murder’s last crow takes flight #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku

    Originally posted on Bending moments: fireflies… glow of his cigarette in the summer night (Asahi Haikuist Network) May 18 https://t.co/fxk8GwPN7Y?amp=1

  • Haiga, Haiku & #30: Stranded Stories & May NaHaiWriMo 2018

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * phone messages for people i don’t know stranded * stranded on an island rush hour * photographs i no longer remember stranded * for #30 NaHaiWriMo 5-30-2018 * Deborah B. Shepherd May 30: Stranded *