Frank J. Tassone

Month: April 2019

  • Today’s Haiku (April 22, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): よくできたシナリオに降る花の雨　　鹿又英一 yoku dekita shinario ni furu hana no ame well-composed screenplay cherry blossom rain falls                                                             Eiichi Kamata from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, April 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • Haibun: The Balloon

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: For Merrill’s prompt at dVerse – a quadrille.  A quadrille is a poem in any form with exactly 44 words using the prompted word, sans title.  The word today is “rise”.  A haibun in the manner of Basho. ? Haibun: The Balloon “Perhaps wisdom… is realizing how small I am,…

  • As Stars Go Dim

    Originally posted on mishunderstood: ? Hope eludes her. Night embraces her. Like an old friend, it takes her by the hand to search for the light. Illusive. Dawn becomes the deadline for this decision, the last one she will make. ? ink-shadows seduce the sun rises unnoticed over faded flower ? ? ? A quadrille…

  • An Ekphrastic Correspondence

    Oh, Alisaka, That I could rise to the heights of your cranes. But I am earthbound, and my words can only marvel at your deft brushstrokes. mountain mists fledglings at their mother’s side for so many years this relic of college days still hanging for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #78: Rise (pubtended by Merril Smith) #NaPoWriMo2019…

  • A New Day…

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Easter Lilies bloom Announce a new day dawning Love wins // Grace for all ***** Bing Photo: gardensnips.wordpress.com Frank Tassone  asked us to consider the lily in our Haikai Poem for Easter Sunday.  The lily has long been a symbol of Easter.  Its beauty is a symbol of purity and…

  • Rejoice!

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Helene’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • The Divine Flower – Tanka

    Originally posted on awisewomansjourney: NaPoWriMo Challenge 2019 – Day 21 Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #82 – Easter Lily – April 21, 2019 This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or alludes to the Easter lily. birthed from the blood of salvation’s soil a…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/22/19)

    4/22/19: withhold Locus blossom … the wine I failed to withhold #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 22/30