Frank J. Tassone

Month: April 2019

  • Hard to Swallow

    #Haiku Happenings #10: Tia Haynes and Lori A Minor’s latest #haibun appears in Femku and Prune Juice!

  • After the Fall: a #writephoto #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019

    If I could guide the hand of kings after the fall. But the light reached it’s Apex at the height of Arthur’s reign. And it fell to its nadir at Camlann. If I could guide hearts of queens after the fall. But my counsel remains unspoken as I continue my crystal slumber. So the Virgin…

  • Birdsong

    Originally posted on Daniel J Flosi is Consumed: We haven’t had substantial rain for a few weeks, weird for the pacific northwest at this time of year. We had a shower overnight and it was clear that the flora and fauna appreciated it. Morning after a fresh rain -birdsong

  • Debbie Strange’s Warp and Weft ~ Images and Words: A Hole in the Light: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2018

    Haiku Happenings #8: Debbie Strange’s Haiku appears in The Red Moon Press’ 2018 Anthology! A Hole in the Light: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2018 a wasp nest unwinds in the wind . . . letters from home Warp and Weft ~ Images and Words: A Hole in the Light: The Red Moon…

  • Daily Haiku: April 6, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: kjmunro, a regular contributor to The Daily Haiku, has a haiku collection that has just been published by Red Moon Press. It is called “contractions.” ? ? ? ? Below are two of her poems: ? ? postcard from Niagara the years fall away white hair almost invisible…

  • Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 2, July 26, 2018

    see Mansfield againbefore taking the plunge downthe spiral pipe sliderelaxing in the hot tubFrankie under my arm The Cabot Factory Outlet in Waterbury offered a crowded house more than cheese samples. A pixie-cut-haired young woman from a new “Meadery” offered tastings from the fledgling enterprise’s three meads. Free mead, along with the purchase of our…

  • Today’s Haiku (April 6, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 理髪屋の主が咲かすクロッカス　　　　宮田正和 rihatsuya no aruji ga sakasu kurokkasu             barbershop owner             he has crocuses             blooming                                                 Masakazu Miyata from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), February 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

  • Busy

    Originally posted on haiku tree: midnight still buzzing from a busy day ?