Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2018

  • Daily Haiku: June 18, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: autumn leaves in the garden a bird with no song     by Barbara Tate  (USA) Modern Haiku, 47.3, 2016 ?

  • “Basho on Poetry: Learn from the Pine”.

    Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: Basho On Poetry: Learn from the Pine – These are excerpts from a rather long document by Basho, considered to be the top haiku poet of the 17th century. I am presenting these thoughts of his because they ‘make clear and plain’ what Basho believes is the correct approach…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (6/18/18)

    Regents standby … U2’s “Desire” loops in my head #haikuchallenge (desire) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #U2

  • change of clothes

    change of clothes

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: かりそめの戀をする日や衣更 karisome no koi o suru hi ya koromogae A careless Bit of dalliance today In my new clothes! -Yosa Buson ? Art by Hashiguchi Goyo

  • A Long Ago Promise

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Barbara Kaufman’s #tanka appears in the Tanka Society of America Anthology 2017!

  • 3 Pieces by Nicholas Klacsanzky

    Originally posted on the other bunny: Subway Window The best time I had was when I forgot myself. I don’t know why I ever came back. the subway car window shows only darkness . . . and my reflection . Dervish I can’t figure out if mysticism is ecstatic or a sham. I go between…

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/18/18)

    6/18/18: crane heat wave “White crane spreads its wings” in the backyard #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Summer

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: ? Summer Solstice here Sleep less // enjoy more daylight Long hot days await ********************************* Photo: Dwight L. Roth This week we once again reach the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere. Frank Tassone asked us to write a Haikia poem eluding to the solstice for the…