Frank J. Tassone

Month: April 2019

  • Attention Span

    Originally posted on the other bunny: He’d call me to his desk and show me cat stuff. Grumpy Cat memes. Cats playing pianos. Cat video ensembles. Cat GIFs. Boxing cats, ninja cats, bathing cats. Cats in funny clothes. Surprised cats. Then one day, he stopped. Claymore field … the narrow road between mother and father…

  • Daily Haiku: April 10, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Wisconsin spring sandhill cranes in a field of snow ? by Ellen Grace Olinger (USA) This World: Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology, 2013    

  • haiku and creative notes

    Originally posted on Haiku Art Site: heart peaceand mind at restclear night sky Ellen Grace OlingerJune 2016 In July 2016, I mentioned these artists and poets: The Sketchy Poet, Where Wendy sketches out her poems in haiga style.Wendy L. MacDonald Nature as Art and Inspiration by Mary Mageau Woodslawn Farm – Carol Purington Haiga of…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/10/19)

    4:10/19: jitterbug half-moon bringing back the jitterbug #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 10/30

  • Today’s Haiku (April 10, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 春雷や俄かに変る洋の色　　　杉田久女 shunrai ya niwakani kawaru umi no iro             spring thunder—             a color of the sea             changes suddenly                                                 Hisajo Sugita from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   Hisajo Sugita (1890-1946)

  • Wild Cherry

    Wild Cherry

    #Haiku Happenings #2: M.G. Iannucci’s latest #tanka!

  • Under the Cherry Blossoms

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (4/10/19): Helene’s latest #TankaProse #haibun for my current #haikai challenge!

  • An Inventory of Unloving Experiences: a #haiku sequence #haibun

    gathering clouds the fourteen-year-old mouth says “you’re a racist!” The supervisor observes on the day of the facutly-student vollyball game. bird silence repeated interruptions in a raised tone No visible Aim or Do-now, for the class that needs to switch rooms. “Ineffective.” late morning shadows the forty-eight-year-old voice says, “we’re done here.” No notebooks out…