Frank J. Tassone

Month: May 2019

  • Haibun: Hazy Morning

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun!

  • Flame

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Von Smith’s latest #tanka!

  • Daily Haiku: May 22, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: all the seasons sitting by her deathbed by Elmedin Kadric  (Sweden) Frogpond, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2018

  • Pro-Choice stories: Reap by Robin Anna Smith

    Originally posted on Jellyfish Review: This story touches on rape and abuse, including death threats. ? ? Reap missed moon he takes what he wants It’s my junior year of high school and my period is three weeks late. Two blue lines on a pregnancy test stick indicate that I’m pregnant. I tell no one.…

  • DARKNESS…

    Originally posted on kiwissoar: not a good day for family yesterday…a bit sad. ?

  • #Haiku: Blue Flower Moon

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: blue flower moonbeams whirling butterflies dancing celestial party Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #86 Blue Flower Moon Author’s Note: Below are my Whirling Butterflies (Gaura) in my garden! https://videopress.com/v/MyNTfdMa

  • “that old desk…” a #tanka (5/21/19)

    5/21/19: objects that survive that old desk survived three moves and Mom how do I write where she did her “stuff?” #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (May 21, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 五月憂し吸取紙に吸ひ取らす　　小林貴子 gogatsu ushi suitorigami ni suitorasu             May melancholy             I let a blotting paper             absorb it                                                 Takako Kobayashi from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo