Frank J. Tassone

Month: January 2019

  • “Hudson breeze…” a #tanka (1/28/19)

    1/28/19: cats Hudson breeze goosebumps at the high note of “Memories” just another star-struck child seeing “Cats.” #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku: In Memoriam

    Originally posted on Isabel Caves: leaves depart – but I still hear their voices in the mist ? Written for Frank J Tassone’s Haikai Challenge ? This haiku was inspired by the work of the late Rachel Sutcliffe: autumn stroll we pick blackberries out of the mist (Cattails, September 2014) May her voice forever be…

  • Ebb and Flow

    Originally posted on petrujviljoen: I hold a shard of stone. It’s seashell from ancient Gondwana, over two hundred million years old. It was just lying there, on the surface of the earth as we tread it, and bound to it by the force of gravity. In far away England, right across the world from where…

  • Blackberrying

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge this week is to write a tribute haiku to one of the late Rachel Sutcliffe’s poems. Rachel lived a few miles from the small town where I grew up in Yorkshire, and her haiku are unfailingly the best I have ever read. The haiku I…

  • My Daily #Haiku (1/28/19)

    1/28/18: fireplace oh, to relax by the fireplace — Monday morning #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Senryu: Death Day

    Senryu: Death Day

    Originally posted on The Dark Netizen: Cawing The Crows Cheered, As He Climbed Out Of His Grave, Shrugging Death’s Hold Off… Prompt: #Haikai Challenge #70: Rachel Sutcliffe his death day in graveyard shadows gathered crows – Rachel Sutcliffe Rest in Peace, Rachel Sutcliffe. Your work will long be remembered and cherished.

  • Hollow Winds – Tribute

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: hollow winds my thoughts turn to firewood © Rachel Sutcliffe (UK) Rachael Sutcliffe, another well know haiku poet in the UK, has passed away. Frank Tassone asked us to choose one of her poems and write a follow-up poem in the same manner as her poem, as a tribute to…

  • wind rustling leaves ~ tanka

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: ? wind through the trees the ocean in my heart ????????????????????Rachel Sutcliffe wind rustling leaves sound of waves lapping the shore willow branches trail comfort found in sights and sounds my heart at peace in nature Rachel Sutcliffe, an accomplished and recognized haiku poet, has died. In #Haikai Challenge #70: Rachel…