Frank J. Tassone

Month: August 2019

  • Katydid Still Sings

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Once again we hear of senseless shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. In a world filled with stress and divisiveness this has sadly become something to be expected.  Without addressing the root problem of mental illness it will continue on into the future. The song of the Katydid…

  • Haikai challenge: Katydid

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. ? haymaking and the air thrums thistledown-thick with the wings of katydids long-legged gliders

  • #Haikai Challenge #98 (8/4/19): katydid (kirigirisu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Enjoyed the serenading of cicadas, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Tessa3. Dwight L. Roth4. Jane Dougherty 5. Reena Saxena6. Jules7. Linda Lee Lyberg8. Janice 9. Buddhad�sha 10. Revived Writer11. Linda Lee Lyberg (2) Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! August is among us! No sooner than it…

  • “thunder…” a #tanka (8/3/19)

    8/3/19: unprompted thunder the echo of multiple rounds fired the last shopping that some will have ever done #tanka #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #DomesticTerrorism #ElPasoStrong

  • Today’s Haiku (August 3, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 黒日傘世界をたたむごと閉づ　　しなだしん kurohigasa sekai o tatamu goto tozu             black parasol             she closes as though             she would close the world                                                                         Shin Shinada from ‘Hayabusa no Mune’(‘Falcon’s Chest’) haiku collection by Shin Shinada, Fusansu-Do, Tokyo 2011

  • Poppies

    Originally posted on PHOENIX: Red poppies scattered in the linen field – burning kisses Photo&Haiku : Virginia Popescu Carpe diem – Poppies

  • ‘early dark’ 91/100 #haikufeltings

    Originally posted on Stella Pierides: early darkthis need to explainthe meaning of life

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/3/19)

    8/3/19: begonia August morning still in bloom our begonias #haiku #micropoetry #poetry