Frank J. Tassone

Month: May 2019

  • Haibun 187

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: pass me a rainbow some of my generation are ex-hippies. me i just stayed one. even through many straight configurations that most people cannot imagine. even my years in banking they all knew there was something wrong with me. but i seriously think that is why they kept me and…

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/18/19)

    5/18/19: tarot cards harvest moon a tarot card reading she fails to finish #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Tanka Presentation For The Curious

    Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: ? I wrote this essay for a now-gone poetry group.  Poetry groups blossom and wither, but there is always something you learn. ? The morning wren sings I stand in the moonlit dawn Kimono wrapped close Last night I made my peace Now free from all attachments Lady Nyo…

  • Special Offer for Followers and Readers of The Daily Haiku

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Thank you to everyone who has written fabulous comments about my book, Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All. Further, thank you to the more than 75 reviewers and editors for their outstanding reviews! Whenever authors publish how-to writing guides, they should do it because they feel there is…

  • FreshoutMag, 2019

    Originally posted on My Inner Voice: monochrome painting the silence of crows 18th May, 2019

  • Smuggs Chronicle ’14: Interlude II: Meditation moment this morning (an .@ImageCurve #Haibun)

    Tightness in my throat. Remembering Mrs. Zengo’s confused disappointment. How hurt those brown eyes in that wrinkly forehead that creased with her frown. How sorry I felt—and unforgiven—until she realized I brought in an egg for another student’s recipe. I had overheard their conversation and mistakenly thought I needed to bring in that hard-boiled egg.…

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/17/19)

    5/17/19: seaweed dragon roll … seaweed saladleft on the side #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Quart-milk Container Bird Enthusiast

    It is a pretty bird. An Arts and Crafts instructor at Woodland camp showed us how to make them out of quart-milk containers. She dips papier mache wrapping into different colored dyes to make the foliage. Then she wraps the papier mache around the container. She walks around the paint-splattered tables in the cavernous, beige-painted…