Frank J. Tassone

Month: September 2019

  • Waking the Lion

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Al Gallia’s latest #haibun! Searching for Serendipity Waking the Lion ‘9/11”. What American over the age of twenty-something doesn’t remember this horrific day from some personal perspective? This question is on my mind this morning as I watch our Presidents memorial address at the Pentagon. Through time’s haze, I recall the radio…

  • My Daily #Haiku (9/12/19)

    9/12/19: orchids rainfall waiting for orchids to bloom #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • cormorant

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: ripplesthe cormorantreappears

  • Mark M. Redfearn’s “on a wooden door…”

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Mark M. Redfearn’s latest #haiku on a wooden door   one red dragonfly, one blue—   summer turns to ash — Read on markmredfearn.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/6546/

  • Tanka

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Photo © David Quay ? evening quietness the white wash of waves a soothing sound in my heart a longing heavy of tenderness sera di quiete confortante il bianco sciabordio di onde nel cuore un desiderio pesa di tenerezza © A.M.

  • In Memoriam (9/11/19): an updated #haibun.

    I can almost forget. Almost, but never. The impact of the second plane. The plumes of black smoke. The bodies falling through the sunny sky. The rumble. The towers’ collapse. The enveloping white cloud filled with asbestos and powdery debris. Later, the candle memorials. The photograph collages of loved ones. The newscaster’s voice breaking up.…

  • moon— words

    Originally posted on weird laburnum: moon reflection behind the dark window a dying cat the cry of an owl under no moon miss you perfectly wrong your ebb and flow in my life Isabella Kramer

  • Today’s Haiku (September 11, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 声出せば声のかたちに花芒　   長峰竹芳 koe daseba koe no katachi ni hanasusuki             in the shape of a voice             when I emit a voice             plume grass blossoms                                                             Chikuhoh Nagamine from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, December 2015 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo