Frank J. Tassone

Month: March 2019

  • Haiku and Walk at Slimbridge!

    Originally posted on Haikutec's Weblog: Booking is now open for Haiku at Slimbridge; a visit to the famous wildlife sanctuary in Gloucestershire, in the south west of England, where Call of the Page will be holding a haiku poetry workshop and ginko on April 6th 2019. More information about the event at Slimbridge Wetland Centre:…

  • whitebait filling net ~ haiku

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: whitebait filling net starting small with a promise bigger fish to fry Frank Tassones’ #Haikai Challenge #76: whitebait Whitebait (an early spring kigo) are immature fish caught in fine mesh fishing nets. They are used for bait or floured/battered, then deep-fried. Image source: Wikimedia Commons ?

  • #Haikai Challenge #76 (3/9/19): whitebait (shirauo) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Dug out of the light snow yet, haijin? I know I have! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Tessa2. Revived Writer3. Dwight L. Roth4. Pat R5. Reena Saxena 6. Jules @ Strands7. lynn__8. Jane Dougherty9. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr10. Janice 11. Susan Zutautas12. Merril D. Smith13. Helene Vaillant14. ennle madresan Powered by……

  • Twilight

    #Haiku Happenings #9: Reena’s latest #haibun!

  • Coach Karl Brown at The Old Bulls Head, Woodhouse Eaves

    Originally posted on Burn The Water: Coach Karl Brown Today I had the great pleasure to meet up with, have lunch, talk knife crime, social justice, education, sport, food, drink and much more with legendary UK pro basketball player, coach, community champion and motivational speaker, Coach Karl Brown. Many years ago I was one of…

  • Haiku in Harusame

    Haiku in Harusame

    Originally posted on Anna Maris: I have my first haiku in Harusame, a  project by Luca Cenisi (Founder and Former President of the Italian Haiku Association and the European Haiku Society), whose goal is to publish an English language haiku every week (along with a brief comment as a critic), giving visibility to beginners as…

  • “Nearly ninteen years…” a #tanka (3/9/19)

    3/9/19: For better or worse (Gerry Muse) nearly ninteen yearswhether our son’s birthor a forced resignationthe pure glory of this lifewith our hands and hearts entwined #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: March 9, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: argument over we pause the sunset must have been beautiful   by Peter Newton (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. 33:2, 2002