Frank J. Tassone

Month: March 2020

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/6/20)

    3/6/20: ducklings in a park steady rainon the Pond in Central Parknew ducklings #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (March 6, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 鴨引きし湖あたらしき空を負ふ　　小澤克己 kamo hikishi umi atarashiki sora o ou geese returned to north… the lake carries the new sky                                     Katsumi Ozawa from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   Katsumi Ozawa (1949-2010)  ‘kamo hiku’ (geese return) is a spring kigo.

  • riding the waves (haibun)

    riding the waves (haibun)

    Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: I read a poem written by Sreejit Poole from TheSeekersDungeon and it poked my muse this morning.  I just love when that happens!    TheSeekersDungeon   *** Another grey winter (when will this season end?) Will I be engulfed again by the same dark waves or will  I try…

  • AUTUMN DRIFTING…

    Originally posted on kiwissoar: autumn sun the shadow of a butterfly burning bridges blue smoke drifts down-river ? ? an old folk-song from New Zealand…

  • A Sunday Stroll: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

    During the Giant game, a tease of a drive turns into a route. One I missed while at the Res with family. Sitting on a rock overlooking the reservoir. Lost in permutating ripples, and our stillness. sun’s reflectionstaring from a muddy bankbullfrog Photo by Izabella Taylor first published in Image Curve, March 4, 2020 for dVerse…

  • foot taps – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: In the news — foot taps waves and smiles the new handshake . extinction . . . the wisdom of bowing . evolution we touch only our phones . touching we share the invisible . . ©️2020 Ontheland For an article on alternatives to handshaking, including a video showing foot taps,…

  • Spring Comes

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: An American Sentence for dVerse Poets Open Link.  Spring comes under the full worm moon! Spring Comes “The deep roots never doubt spring will come.” By Rebekah Lowin The east wind blows across the new grass and peepers sing down at the creek.

  • Today’s Haiku (March 5, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夕雲のふちのきんいろ雛納め　　鍵和田秞子 yûgumo no fuchi no kiniro hinaosame             golden edge             of the evening cloud             I stow away hina dolls                                                 Yuko Kagiwada from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   Shortly after ‘Hina Matsuri’ (Dolls Festival or Girls’ Festival)…