Frank J. Tassone

Month: January 2020

  • Haiku on a dream

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. ? bird and tree live in equanimity we tend the fires

  • #Haikai Challenge #122 (1/20/20): The Dream #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    All finished packing your decorations, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Indira2. Jules3. Eugenia 4. Jade Li/Lisa5. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr6. Jane Dougherty 7. Tessa8. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: It’s late. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020 is almost over. Nevertheless, the mission remains.…

  • Sentinel Dome Ascent: an #AmericanSentence #haibun

    I pause to catch my breath. Panting follow panting, as my hands clench my knees, but I can’t get enough. Mira looks on in concern. The ascent above glacial point taxed us both, while our Cross-Country-running trained son ascended with envious ease. She prepares to speak when I stand up straight. I nod. “Are you…

  • Improve Your Haiku This New Year!

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Thank you to everyone who has written fabulous comments about my book, Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All. Further, thank you to the more than 75 reviewers and editors for their outstanding reviews! Whenever authors publish how-to writing guides, they should do it because they feel there is…

  • “persimmon”

    Originally posted on purplepeninportland: Written for:  Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (9) – I Ate A Persimmon  (Shiki) Horyuji Temple Nara (woodblock print) When I ate a persimmon The bell rung The Horyuji temple                        © Shiki dark orange as ripe fruit temple’s colors of joy …

  • Democracy

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: on the march through timea complicated historydreams morph to nightmares – these tangled footprints still luresin dreams in faraway lands Pat R 1/20/20 ?For Ronovan Writes Pietry Challenge where the prompt words are “Dream & March” https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/01/20/weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-dreammarch/ & For Eugenia’s Challenge where the prompt word is “Complicated” https://amanpan.com/2020/01/20/sharing-life-gets-complicated-by-the-bag-lady/

  • My Daily #Haiku (1/20/20)

    1/20/20: first hint of spring sparrows in flightanother wave of warmththis winter #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku: Balance

    Haiku: Balance

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Xenia Trans’ latest haiku!