Frank J. Tassone

Month: August 2018

  • Vacation on a Limb

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Two lovebirds resting Spring nest building pauses Resting from their work Homebuilding can be tiring Vacationing together This tanka was written for Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge. We are to use the word Vacation/Holiday in our poem.  I finished this Photo painting of these birds today. I am stretching the prompt…

  • 8.2 (s) fun fins / Franks haikai 45

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! fun fins   the joy of seeing dolphins spiraling in the Atlantic ocean no need to book boat tour the pod came close to the shore young ones having fun entertained us; those facing the blue horizon ©JP/dh https://juleslongerstrandsofgems.wordpress.com/2018/08/04/8-2-s-fun-fins-franks-haikai-45/    

  • Bookworm’s vacation

    Bookworm’s vacation

    Originally posted on ….Bilocalalia….: With plenty of books and a window with a view, uninterrupted quiet, a full coffee cup… vacation is anywhere. ? Via #HaikaiChallenge

  • The Message of Hiroshima Day

    Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony & Peace Message Lantern Floating Ceremony   I watched the Gozilla movies the day after Thanksgiving when I was growing up. The inconic road, the atomic fire, the wanton destruction of Tokyo or other monster: I lapped it all up.   Caught up in my joy, I never understood then what…

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/5/18)

    8/5/18: earth Earth Day ‘90 the music of the Wailers without Bob Marley #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Reflections on the August long weekend (Ontario)

    Originally posted on Ontheland: The long weekend, a time to get away, to wait for hours in lines of traffic from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning and again from Monday afternoon until late evening, bumper to bumper in August heat.  Campgrounds are filled to capacity with people and noise all day and much of the…

  • Real Vacation

    Real Vacation

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Reena’s latest #haibun for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Holiday Dreaming – Renga Poem

    Originally posted on awisewomansjourney: Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #45 – Vacation/Holiday What is your ideal vacation? Now is your chance to wax poetic about it, in the haikai style to which we have all become accustomed. This week, write your haikai  poem (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or alludes to…