Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2019

  • Today’s Haiku (June 11, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 藻の花や今水中も光充ち　　　寺井谷子 mo no hana ya ima suichû mo hikari michi             duckweed flowers—             now the underwater             fills with light                                                 Taniko Terai from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  ‘mo’ (duckweed) is a summer kigo

  • Wander

    Originally posted on Daniel J Flosi is Consumed: I’ve never been very ambitious; I dont want to be a CEO. I’ve never cared about being involved in a hostile takeover. Never wanted to play the markets. Never wanted to be an editor-in-chief. I just want some land to work. And the opportunity to share the…

  • 1722

    Originally posted on feathers: ? ? this daylike any other —the sound of a lawnmower ? ?

  • Tanka Tuesday: Beginning & consume

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: A tanka for Colleen’s return to the land of the living blog 🙂 Painting by Edvard Munch. rising sun consumes tender shadows of the night fierce fireball live-giver and taker lights our beginning and our end

  • The Vines {a haibun}

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Sophia Dinola’s latest #haibun!

  • break – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: tea break the tuneful jostling of chimes on a balmy breeze . . ©️2019 Ontheland Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge – fragrant breeze

  • A Grief Reobserved: a #Prosery #AmericanSentence #haibun

    We found out that our friend and colleague, Terry Richmond, died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. The news came right before we began the 2018-2019 school year. Shocked with grief, our school came together, organizing a memorial during the first week, and meeting his mother. Her steadfast faith and grace inspired us, even as…

  • #Haikai Challenge (6/8/19): fragrant breeze (kunpuu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    #Haiku Happenings #9: Tessa’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!