Frank J. Tassone

Month: March 2019

  • A Hudson River Sojourn: a #TankaTuesday #TankaProse

    Plush-plush, say the double-headed paddle, as each head pulls the brackish water of the Hudson river. Our kayaks flow with the tidal current of New York’s mother river; our strokes adjust our course more than propel us. We break for lunch on the shore of Pollepel Island, beneath Bannerman Castle. Then we return to the…

  • Song Bird

    #Haiku Happenings #8: Helene’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Haibun: My Friend, My Rock

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun for my current #haikai challenge!

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (3/26/19)

    3/26/19: song lock down drill replaying Aerosmith’s “Same old Song and Dance” #HaikuChallenge (song) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • The British Haiku Society Awards 2018

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? I’m delighted to be a runner-up in the haiku section of The British Haiku Society Awards 2018. ? earthshine . . . the stir of life in a siskin’s egg ? British Haiku Society Awards 2018 – Haiku Section Runner-up Commentary by Claire Everett My runner up is another work…

  • f 3.26/ Heavenly Choir? /3 prompts haibun | Jules in Flashy Fiction

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Jules’ latest #haibun for my current #haikai challenge! Heavenly Choir? Father St. John O’Sullivan said there was room, all are welcomed here. Birds of the same feather, and even those humans attempting some height. For them all; those enrobed in faith, the tourists a downpour of birdsong. our mission to return every…

  • distant sounds – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: distant sounds of their return a skyful of spring . . . ©️2019 Ontheland Swallows photo by tunaolger For Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge #78 – Swallow

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/26/19)

    3/26/19: stern putting the stern to yesterday’s obsessions … first birdsong #haiku #micropoetry #poetry