Frank J. Tassone

Month: November 2019

  • #Haikai Challenge #114 (11/23/19): Thanksgiving #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I trust you enjoyed frolicking with your foliage, haijin? I certainly had my fun with fallen leaves! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Deborah3. Jade Li/Lisa4. Dwight L. Roth 5. Reena Saxena6. Indira7. Tessa8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Jules10. Xenia Tran11. Revived Writer12. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward!…

  • this young woman

    Originally posted on Kvenna ráð: . . . . . . . this young woman her skirt misfolded – a broken china cup . . . . . . . __________ ©Marie Marshall

  • Haibun for an oracular experience

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Photo ©joiseyshowaa I look from the window at the afternoon sky, clear blue brushed with gold in the west, drawn by a flock of red kites, sailing past on their sinister business, and when I turn back to the penumbra of this interior, blink, the seven stars of the…

  • Beard Alarm

    Originally posted on Burn The Water: Today’s Haiku (May 11, 2018) Beard Alarm – Gilbert & George 2016 at White Cube .. it’s okay you missed it.. but beards .. I’ve never had a full blown beard though I could grow one in a week I reckon .. it would be a salt and pepper…

  • ’14 Summer Swansong (part 2): my latest @ImageCurve #haibun

    August 25th The car rattles up the first hill, reaches the top, then ever so slowly passes over it. Wheels thunder on iron rails, while screams arise from passengers, as it rushes down. Mira shakes as she reaches a beach adjoining the coaster. Throughout the rest of our visit to Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom,…

  • Tanka # 196

    Originally posted on Rooted in Love: Bathed in moonlight her naked body a landscape of fire pierced by the red of autumn leaves

  • Today’s Haiku (November 23, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 砂時計音なく冬となりにけり　　天野美登里 sunadokei oto naku fuyu to narinikeri             sandglass             without sounds…             winter comes                                                 Midori Amano from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

  • Republished my book due to errors

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: Birdsong Before the Earth Falls Silent: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka ? A collection of sixty-three avian themed haiku and tanka by an award-winning haiku poet, dedicated to the work of bird protection and conservation. Written for the love of birds and concern for the tragedy of their disappearance.…