Frank J. Tassone

Month: July 2019

  • And then

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: and then the sound of an ice cream truck — I pat my pockets *    *    *    *

  • Haiku Dialogue – Ink

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? ink brush on the nightjar’s wing a sliver of light ? Haiku Dialogue – Ink Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog 24 July 2019 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/07/24/haiku-dialogue-ink/?fbclid=IwAR1RNRq08826Jyr1bdgSQrv7nlGu1WVUYTkbOmBQ6W0SiUTwWysSiD3I3oY

  • July Sky

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: For Frank J. Tassone’s haikai prompt of the week, which is smoldering heat (moyuru). I wrote a few haiku that fit the category. Smoldering summer — Pregnant clouds give birth to rain Warm humidity Eggs on sidewalks fry — Humans retreat to their caves A.C. brings relief Temperate weather Gives way…

  • A Personal History of Moving: a #writephoto #haibun

    Dad wants to cut the Tappan Zee bridge out of his commute. He finds the perfect ranch-style house for us in Rockland County–same side of the Hudson as his restaurant. I don’t want to leave all my friends behind. And while Dad packs up all of our belongings into boxes, Mom drinks. sunset the last…

  • Dragons fly

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Photo©Michael Apel dancing dragons flying in stream shade green as ocean deeps feasting on gnats sun-struck blips in cool water light ? gems with wings flash-flicker flick light turquoise indigo black gold blood and russet red myths in motion ? hover then flip land on the slenderest leaf water-skimming…

  • Undone

    Originally posted on weird laburnum: I thought I saw Everett, thought he was the rain falling from a cloud he did love the wilderness (last seen heading towards a remote part of Utah in 1932) hundreds of miles over mountains and across deserts in search of beauty, writing and sketching as he went… mountain shadows…

  • Today’s Haiku (July 25, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 滝壺を出ずに遊ぶ水のあり　　鈴木六林男 takitsubo o idezu ni asobu mizu no ari             without leaving             a waterfall basin             water plays                                                 Murio Suzuki from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, April 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  Murio Suzuki (1919-2014)   ‘taki’ (waterfall) is a…

  • Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 12: August 5, 2014 (my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun)

    Our self-guided Wike begins with soggy sneakers. Our path emerges from wet, high grasses near the driveway to Mountain Laurels. We find a path to Notchville Park and take the loop down to the Reservoir. Turning back and ascending the steep hill, we reach Morse Mountain Lodge. There, our way continues up Wire Road, named…