Frank J. Tassone

Month: July 2019

  • PSA: Vacation posting

    We leave for vacation shortly. My posting may be limited. Stay tuned for further details. summer heat “Welcome to the desert of the real.”

  • Inverted Expectations? (A #TankaProse)

    The searing heat of a New York July weekend continues even through scattered showers. Already the skies darken with thunderclouds, yet the temperature and humidity yield not one point. Does Sydney suffer from a prevailing windchill and frost warnings? Has yet more snow consumed the streets? Or is this the sympathetic, yet uninformed, musing of…

  • Daily Haiku: July 6, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu bone china things we speak of things we don’t by Harriot West  (USA), Author Shades of Absence Touchstone Distinguished Books Award, 2018

  • Bouval

    Bouval

    Originally posted on Haiku out of Africa: here your memories ~ schooled in ancient promises ~ a lifetime ago —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

  • Unconditioned

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: outside he yells this air —- © Steve Mitchell 2019

  • #Haikai challenge #93 (7/6/19) lotus (hasu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Thank you for acknowledging your independence, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Reena Saxena3. Tessa4. The Dark Netizen 5. Janice6. Petru J Viljoen7. Jules8. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 9. Merril D. Smith10. Linda Lee Lyberg11. Dwight L. Roth12. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead We…

  • Independence Day

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: For Frank’s haikai prompt this week, which, fittingly, is independence. I watched a fireworks show last night and thought of this.  Cue the fireworks Colorful design, loud sound — Hear the howling dogs

  • #Tanka: Beach Love

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: gentle waves lappingtanned lovers on sandy shoreseeking each otherexploring hands, luscious lipsfalling into love’s abyss Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: #1696 Beach Love