Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2018

  • sunrise to sunset

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: sunrise to sunset earth and sky in harmony celebrating light in time of new beginnings welcome wonder of solstice My tanka response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #38: Solstice Image source: pixabay.com (CC0 Creative Commons)

  • Longest Day

    Longest Day

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (6/18/18): Reena Saxena’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • #SilentSunday (6/17/18)

    A rest from #haiku To all you fathers out there, Happy Father’s Day. See you tomorrow!

  • #Haikai Challenge #38 (6/17/18): Solstice (Geshi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash   The Few. The Brave. The Haijin that faced the FIFA challenge! 😉   Congratulations, contributors!   Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena 2. Merril D. Smith 3. Janice (Ontheland) 4. Dwight L. Roth 5. Jules @ Strands 6. Revived Writer 7. Floating Rabbit Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets.   Ultreya!…

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/17/18)

    6/17/18: voice Father’s Day I haven’t raised my voice yet #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #FathersDay2018

  • #Haikai Challenge housekeeping (6/16/18)

    I know, I know. I didn’t list a haikai challenge today. I got lost in distracting hobbies and nostalgia. Who knew online comic books could be so addicting? 😆 Fear not! The Haikai Challenge will appear tomorrow. Before I run silent and celebrate Father’s Day. Crescent moon all the haikai poetry to come

  • A renga with Bashō

    Originally posted on Ontheland: Carpe Diem’s Renga Challenge #1 invites us to choose from a selection of Basho’s early haiku (as translated by Jane Reichhold) and to create a Renga of at least 6 stanzas by arranging Basho’s haiku and inserting two-line verses in between. inside the temple visitors cannot know cherries are blooming. ©️Bashō…

  • Today’s Haiku (June 16, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ハッカってなんか宇宙の味だよね　　　池田由樹 hakka te nanka uchû no aji dayone             mint has a taste of the universe, doesn’t it?                                                 Yoshiki Ikeda from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo