Frank J. Tassone

Month: September 2019

  • Empty nest haibun

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: The dead tree is the thin spike on the right. In the dead tree, the nail-less finger that points at the sky, high as the tallest poplar, a woodpecker roosts. Each evening it calls from the neighbouring trees, calls a short, one-note cry as it flies to the dead…

  • “withered maple…” a #tanka (9/6/19)

    9/6/19: dying trees withered maple How can it still survive its pestilence? What will provide us shade when it finally falls? Inspired by: Second Place ($50) “broken oaks…” Michael H. Lester Los Angeles, California http://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/tsa-contest/winners-and-judges-comments/2019-sanford-goldstein-international-tanka-contest-winners

  • Haiku Dialogue: Ambiguity

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? David Popa ? autumn  dew I do love you do I love you Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/09/04/haiku-dialogue-poets-choice-ambiguity

  • Carry

    Originally posted on haiku tree: stars and streetlights fireflies carry the wind ?

  • Being Human (A Travelogue) Part 1

    Originally posted on Daniel J Flosi is Consumed: We left for camp in the afternoon, just in time for the rain to come down. Upon arrival we were greeted by two jays cawing and showing off as we set up our tent. The rain mellowed for the time being, but it would return later in…

  • My Daily #Haiku (9/6/19)

    9/6/19: clear air brightening sky a less-than-perfect time to clear the air #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: Sept. 6, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: parkinson’s the lengthening pause between poems ? by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA) seashores, Vol. 2, April 2019 ?

  • Hiding Places

    Originally posted on Magical Mystical Teacher: A wash fills with shadows in the Sonoran Desert, Yuma County, Arizona. ? among the branches a hundred hiding places— blackbird needs but one ? Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher ? ?  More SkyWatch Friday ? More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon