Frank J. Tassone

Month: February 2020

  • “Evening Clouds…” a #tanka (2/4/20)

    2/4/20: second child evening clouds the stars blotted out yet again that second child we wanted and couldn’t have #tanka #micropoetry #poetry for Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 163, #Poet’sChoice and the Tanka Poets on Site Facebook Group

  • Failed Haiku

    Originally posted on Bending moments: barefoot in the park… this urge * secret loves mum’s the word * (Failed Haiku- issue 50- January 2020

  • Haiku challenge: Charm & Harm

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Ronovan’s challenge. Not a haiku but a haibun. Not wanting to bore anyone with yet another haibun about spring (this is already the second in two days) I’m posting this one to the dverse prompt too. ? The time has come for cutting, for taking knife and secateurs…

  • Quarter Days

    Originally posted on Xanku: When society was agrarian “quarter day” meant payday, servants hired, school starts, rent due. The first such calendar marker happens in February, although it is actually a “cross quarter” day, or the day midway between quarter days. February’s cross quarter day marks the slow return to Spring. In the Church the…

  • My Daily #Haiku (2/4/20)

    2/4/20: trucks, trains, boats, planes land and sea tour …the plane to the bus tothe train to the boat #NaHaiWriMo #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku del giorno -Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Photo by matthew_lowery on Flickr ? cielo da neve sul treno un sentore di mandarini snow sky on the train a hint of tangerines © AM.

  • Today’s Haiku (February 4, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ただ雪が降る蝋燭の時間かな　　曽根　毅 tada yuki ga furu rôsoku no jikan kana             simply             snow falls…             candle’s time                                                 Takeshi Sone from “Kashû” (Blossom Study), haiku collection of Takeshi Sone Shinya-Soh sha, Tokyo 2015

  • #Haiku: Hawk Moth

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: flutter of wingssilhouetted by moonhawk moth feeds Frank J. Tassone Hakai Challenge # 124 Martha Magenta Tribute Here is the haiku by Martha Magenta I used for inspiration for mine: moth dusta smudge of moonthrough drifting clouds© Martha Magenta