Frank J. Tassone

Month: May 2019

  • Senryu: Summer Rains

    Senryu: Summer Rains

    Originally posted on The Dark Netizen: Stormy Rain Pours Down, In The Middle Of Summer. Mirroring My Soul… Prompt: #Haikai Challenge #85 (5/12/19): rainy season (tsuyu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

  • #Haikai Challenge #85 (5/12/19): rainy season (tsuyu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Did you enjoy getting your green on, haijin? A number of you did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Maureen Sudlow2. Pat R3. Deborah4. Tessa 5. The Dark Netizen6. Xenia Tran7. Jules8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Violet10. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: More rain. All day today.…

  • Renewal

    #Haiku Happenings #9: Tia Haynes’ latest #haibun premiers in the inaugural addition of Human/Kind!

  • Haiku del giorno – Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Ann Magill piccola luna … nell’odore del vento voglia di mare little moon … the scent of sea in your hair piccola luna … manto disteso il mare sotto le stelle little moon … your cheek to stroke in the sea night © A.M. ?

  • Today’s Haiku (May 12, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夏雲や駱駝をわたす大黄河　　　　　加藤楸邨 natsugumo ya rakuda o watasu daikôga             summer clouds—             letting camels cross             the grand Yellow River                                                 Shuson Kato from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   Shuson Kato (1905-1993)  

  • A Memorial Mother’s Day

    Rainfall. Temperatures plummet below fifty degrees F, from almost seventy yesterday. Every so often, leaves rustle and the wind chimes sound. We recover from hosting thirty of our family for Frankie’s confirmation barbeque. A quiet day resting at home is the Mother’s Day present Mira wants most this year. wet fire pit the last ambers…

  • Daily Haiku: May 12, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: fog-shrouded coast we listen to the view by Annette Makino (USA) Frogpond, Vol. 41:3, Fall 2018

  • midnight

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: midnightwalking down the middleof the road