Frank J. Tassone

Month: January 2019

  • My Daily #Haiku (1/11/19)

    1/11/19: apricot January wind how many days until apricot blossoms? #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • windless

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: windless night the endless glide of silent clouds

  • 11.

    Originally posted on Haiku 2019: she sits alone modest lines show her age boat or woman, both

  • Ito En Semifinalist Poems 2018

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (1/11/19): Barbara Kaufmann’s Ito En 2018 semfinalist haiku!

  • Hematologist Follow-up

    Another doctor’s office. The same sterile scent and antiseptic odor in the exam room. Light-wood paneling, natural setting, photos on the wall, white Formica countertops. All to find out if my medication has begun to kill me. smiling nurse –the back of her neckshows a tattoo first published in Image Curve, January 10, 2019 Photo…

  • January: a haibun

    Originally posted on Ontheland: This January I find myself surrendering to winter, adapting to the calls of sleep, oven casseroles, and layers of cotton, wool and polyester—layers worn and taken off with changes in damp and chill. Dreams, no resolutions, but hazy sightings of possibility accompany me under layers of comforters. They nestle within as…

  • Haiga 67

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: #Haiku Happenings #5: Michael Rehling’s #haiga #67! Michael Rehling View original post

  • Today’s Haiku (January 10, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 生きてゐる冬の泉を聴くために　　　　杉山久子 ikiteiru fuyu no izumi o kiku tame ni             I live             to listen             the winter spring                                                             Hisako Sugiyama from ‘Izumi’ (‘Spring’) haiku collection by Hisako Sugiyama, Furansu-do, Tokyo 2015 Fay’s Note:   Last line may not work well in English.   ‘sprng’ here…