Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2019

  • Tanka for the summer solstice

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge. ? hung between day and night balanced on the edge of summer axis tips and we begin the slow slide into winter

  • Midsummer

    Midsummer

    #Haiku Happenings #1: Reena’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • #SilentSunday 6/16/19

    A rest from #haiku (Dad and Frankie, July 2008) A very Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there. See you all tomorrow!

  • #Haikai Challenge #90 (6/15/19) Midsummer (manastu)/Midwinter (mafuyu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I trust you’ve savored the fragrance of the season, haijin? Some of you clearly did. Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth2. Jane Dougherty3. Reena Saxena4. Jules5. The Dark Netizen 6. The Dark Netizen7. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr8. Linda Lee Lyberg9. Deborah10. Tessa 11. Janice12. Xenia Tran13. Revived Writer Powered…

  • Wildflowers (haibun)

    Originally posted on michaeljordahl: It’s quite a delight to suddenly stumble upon colorful wildflowers out here, deep in the forest. You come to expect them at home in your flower garden, but out here, they’re truly a pleasant surprise. These wild Red Columbine’s fiery reds and yellows really stand out against the dark shadows cast…

  • #Troiku: Moonlit Night

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: The wild geese take flightrush of wind and feathered wingsgraceful flying V low along the railroad tracka rabbit skittersfrom the owl’s shadow in the moonlit nightforest floor teeming with life birds roost in tall pines It is Troiku Month at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: #1681 Moonlit Night Author’s Note: Below…

  • Today’s Haiku (June 15, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ゆふやけに夕日が溶けて蝸牛　　　岡本　眸 yûyake ni yûhi ga tokete katatsumuri             setting sun melts             in the sunset…             a snail                                                 Hitomi Okamoto from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), February 2017 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo ?

  • Mortal Intimations: a #Gerrymuse #TankaProse

    “What do we say to the God of Death?” “Not today.” –from “Game of Thrones” (The Battle of Winterfell, S8, E3) A strangled in-breath at an unwelcomed, forbidden touch by a friend, underneath the bed. A numb paralysis in the presence of a beaten mother and a raging father, in the kitchen at three in…