Frank J. Tassone

Month: February 2020

  • Kat Lehmann (U.S.A.)

    Originally posted on Harusame: vernal equinox the forest swallows its mountain Comment: a haiku with classic tones and a harmonizing, pleasant juxtaposition (torihayashi 取はやし). In the Northern Hemisphere, the vernal or spring equinox (shunbun 春分) falls on March 20-21, gradually bringing longer and sunnier days. Moreover, the trees grow new leaves and life explodes with…

  • Sunday in Spring

    Sunday in Spring

    Originally posted on Kim Whysall-Hammond (The Cheesesellers Wife): Two fields over, Rooks argue a raucous parley that goes on and on and on while other birds sing prettily Here in the meadow we have knelt as if worshipping to peer at tiny pink blooms wobbling on a frail stem On the way home we walk…

  • My Daily #Haiku (2/8/20)

    2/8/20: hunger and thirst the long walkfor bottled water …drought #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaHaiWriMo2020

  • blizzard – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: blizzard moon when will my mind let go of last year . ©️2019 2020 Ontheland

  • Today’s Haiku (February 8, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 家のずっと深いところに冬椿　　武井栄次 ie no zutto fukai tokoro ni fuyutsubaki             very deep inside             of the house             a winter camelia                                                 Eiji Takei from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo ?

  • CRUTCHES

    Originally posted on pictured words: Photo by Daniel Nebreda, at Pixabay Call faith what you will – a crutch, if it helps me stand on my principles. (c) Marie Elena Good, 2020

  • Final Debrief: my .@ImageCurve #haibun

    The air conditioner in his office is off, its faceplate still missing. No chairs, so Fran and I stand, answering his questions. Then he and I speak alone. No heated words, this time. No aggrieved tones. Quiet voices. He asks me to consider his offer; it’s a kind one. But I can’t accept it. With…

  • NaHaiWriMo 2020: week 1

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: hand in hand we walk along . . . birdsong [2/1 prompt = hand] first movie! their child talks to the screen [2/2 prompt = first movie] going up! high into the sky on the seesaw [2/3 prompt = playground and playground equipment] from here to there and…