Frank J. Tassone

Month: July 2018

  • Portugal Travel Notes #5 (7/9)

    Frank and I at a castle in Monsanto We finish our visit to Evora at the Cathedral. Beautiful sights atop the apex of the city. cathedral bells the silence under vault ceilings All of us on the roof of Evora Cathedral Next up, the mountain village winner of the coveted “most Portuguese village in Portugal”:…

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/18:18)

    7/18/18: pigs Toledo lunch sparing the pigs for now #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Portugal Travel Notes (7/18/18): Interlude

    How did I wake up for the third morning in the Hotel Mayorazgo in Madrid, Spain? Well, it’s an interesting story. One that I will soon explain. Our trip has been a bustling one. That’s why I haven’t kept up my Travel Notes as consistently as I had hoped. No matter. I will soon get…

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/15/18)

    7/15/18: money Portuguese twilight Pink Floyd’s “Money” not on my mind #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (July 15, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 蟹の目が人を見てゐる真昼かな　　　大竹多可志 kani no me ga hito o miteiru mahiru kana             crab’s eyes watching             a human being…             midday                                                 Takashi Ohtake from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • Discover Haiga: My Exhibit Travels Again

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Dear Readers and Followers: As some of you know, I have a haiga exhibit that circulates 365 days a year. Sometimes I divide up the exhibit and have it running at two places at once. Some of you are wondering “What is haiga?” It is haiku combined with…

  • ‘Of This World,’ receives HSA Merit Book Award (books published 2017)

    ‘Of This World,’ receives HSA Merit Book Award (books published 2017)

    Originally posted on Stella Pierides: Delighted to announce that my book Of This World (Red Moon Press) was awarded a merit book honorable mention in the Haibun category by the Haiku Society of America!  Heartfelt thanks to Michelle Elvy, Jim Kacian, Clare MacQueen and Johannes S. H. Bjerg for their help and support with bringing this…

  • #Haikai Challenge #42 (7/14/18): cutting grasses (kusakari) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      Cool off under the waterfalls, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors!   Moving right along.   If only summer was only the season of frolicking. Alas, there’s work to be done, too–especially if you own your own property. Sooner or later, it’s time to mow the lawn! With the sun and rain, that grass…