Frank J. Tassone

Month: September 2019

  • 2538

    Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: a warm morning a hummingbird comes to fan me

  • “cicada songs…” a #tanka (9/14/19)

    9/14/19: inspired by the 2019 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest Winners cicada songs and our neigbor’s mower waxing and waning until a sudden silence broken again #tanka#micropoetry#poetry inspired by Honorable Mentions:“a cry…” Louis Osofsky http://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/tsa-contest/winners-and-judges-comments/2019-sanford-goldstein-international-tanka-contest-winners?fbclid=IwAR3ugZZ59_XCwGyaYC7_sSWd4hOHsInW1XT8mXnHqTOIaFgoYkiorRuHICk

  • mid-September

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: mid-SeptemberSaturdaylight in the sunroomtoo brightfor me now Years ago, Karl found window blinds that we can raise and lower, according to the time of day and season. Grateful for the ability to make adjustments as needed. I have been careful about the sun and my skin for decades,…

  • 9/11

    Originally posted on K.: ? For 9/11, I’ve chosen my embroidery of Jizo, the Japanese god who helps to heal hearts and lives in times of darkness and grief. Jizo personifies the Bodhisattva Vow to save all beings from suffering.  He works especially to save the souls of children who have died before their parents.  In…

  • saigyō

    Originally posted on a meditative journey : it stirs the soul of even the most indifferent person — first autumn winds. ~Saigyō Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/400 85mm

  • My Daily #Haiku (9/14/19)

    9/14/19: monarch butterfly sunflowers … a monarch butterfly alights on each one #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: Sept. 14, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: summer drought ant tracks in the dust to another world   by Barbara Tate (USA) Butterfly Dream, Nov. 9, 2018

  • Haiga, Haiku & Day Stories 9-13-2019

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: plum deepening the last days of summer