Frank J. Tassone

Month: April 2019

  • Snowing Cherry Blossoms

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Surprise Spring snowfall Snowflakes melt in warm sunshine Cherry Blossoms fall Photos: Dwight L. Roth Today Frank Tassone asked us to write a Haikai poem that alluded to cherry blossoms. Cherry blossoms welcome spring in the United States and in Japan, where festivals are held to celebrate them.  Last week…

  • #Haikai Challenge #80 (4/6/19): cherry [blossoms] (sakura) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Tessa’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Haiku: Cherry blossom

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge. The cherry blossom is over here; it’s apple blossom time now. ? torn blossom pools white beneath the tree clouded in new green leaf

  • The Emptiness of Envy

    envious stare … on the neighbor’s lawn greener grass sudden scarcity compared to another’s abundance still water … the promise of hope in a new day why all of the sighing and sleeves wet with fresh tears? windchime melody and birdsong harmony … a day’s simple peace still the gnawing sorrow at another’s joy? sunlight…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/7/19)

    4/7/19: godless Nietzschean guilt …the maple tree still blooms by itself #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo20197/30

  • #Haikai Challenge #80 (4/6/19): cherry [blossoms] (sakura) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    How did you enjoy the twittering, haijin? Very well, it seems! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Tessa3. Reena Saxena4. ennle madresan5. Jules @ fiction 6. Jane Dougherty7. Janice8. Pat R9. Dwight L. Roth10. The Dark Netizen 11. Helene Vaillant12. Xenia Tran13. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s…

  • Tanka # 186

    Originally posted on Rooted in Love: I look for you in the secret places known only to the birds that fly into the light of dawn

  • strength for the iris

    Originally posted on Haiku Art Site: strength for the iriswhile waiting to bloomdaylily Rejoice with them that do rejoice,and weep with them that weep. Romans 12: 15 (KJV) My original post may be read here – it connects to a past one-word prompt series at WordPress.com. This was my post for “Envy.” Thought I’d focus…