Frank J. Tassone

Month: May 2019

  • Requiem

    Originally posted on Magical Mystical Teacher: A desert scene near Ajo, Arizona. ? Twilight requiem— a frightened lizard cowers somewhere in the stones. ? Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher ? ? More SkyWatch Friday ?  More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon

  • Originally posted on weird laburnum: collide a slow descent into a dream within Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

  • Haiku sequence

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: nightingale singing too hard to notice the sun has set ? sky blue as thunder and silent as starfall above my head ? nights so full of light and song dawn seems almost superfluous ? come the morning shadows shrink taking their secrets home ? waking to light and…

  • Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 7: July 31, 2014—the Hike (an .@ImageCurve #haibun)

    The shuttle bus pulls into a parking lot for the Long Trail somewhere out of Johnston. We stretch, introduce ourselves and set off. Pat sets a pace we weren’t used to. The forest closes in. Ascent follows ascent, each sapping a little more of our energy. Still, we carry on the usual small talk with…

  • The Fourth International Haiku Contest, Cherry Blossom Bulgaria

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? the rustle of her new tutu cherry blossoms ? Runner up The Fourth International Haiku Contest “Cherry Blossom” 2019, Bulgaria Haiku Union https://kulturni-novini.info/news.php?page=news_show&nid=29216&sid=7

  • Lightning and Pampas Grass

    Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: lightning flash– what I thought were faces are plumes of pampas grass                 Basho (Tr. unknown) illuminated briefly by celestial fireworks                            Kim M. Russell, 20th May 2019 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem…

  • Hope Through Death – Haiku

    Originally posted on awisewomansjourney: Written In Response To: Frank J. Tassone #Haikai Challenge #87 (5/26/19): fawn (kanoko) – This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the fawn (kanoko). baby fawn represents the hope of a new life birthed through death’s passing ~ *…

  • “a long walk…” a #tanka (5/30/19)

    5/30/19: a long walk a long walk into the coming storm flashes in the sky as the last observation draws closer with every step #tanka #micropoetry #poetry