Frank J. Tassone

Month: March 2020

  • PSA: Pathogenic problems

    So, about yesterday… The virus began last week. I had a sore throat, coughing and a cold sore by the week. I left work early Monday, and I convalesced at home yesterday. All from a virus: no, not that virus! I’m back at work today. Hopefully, regular blogging will resume shortly. Until then… SAT day…

  • A Martian Contemplation: a #haibun

    Mars raged across the battlefield, killing Achaeans with abandon, until Minerva and her inspired Diomedes struck and drove him from the field. War, all too often, is the reverse. The allies of the Second World War strategically fought to resist Nazi and Fascist aggression. The last principal ally to join the fray, however, ended it…

  • nd 3.1 odd facts? 3p – Jules Pens Some Gems…

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Jules latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! mini iris bloom no longer can one deny east wind’s warm caress gifting muses everywhere wings in the form of sigh words what were the odds that spring would arrive early as snow still dots the sky ©JP/dh Iris image credit: Dutchgrown.com —…

  • Fleeing the tempest

    Fleeing the tempest

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Eugenia’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • New Life Emerges

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: East Wind and southern breezes merge, calling forth life from dead of winter. **** Photo: Dwight L. Roth Frank Tassone asked us to write a Haikai poem that refers to the East Wind. Join us at:https://frankjtassone.com/2020/02/29/haikai-challenge-128-2-29-20-east-wind-kochi-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/2/20)

    3/2/20: plum blossom first birdsonganother plum blossomMom won’t see #haiku #micropoetry #poetry in memoriam: Betty Tassone (3/2/50-5/12/16)

  • cloudy sky brings rain ~ haiku

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: cloudy sky brings rain east wind carries no sunshine oak branches swaying This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #128: east wind. Image: McBaine Bur Oak, Missouri, 11 April 2018 (350-400 years old) (click image to open in new tab) ~ read more here ~

  • #Haikai Challenge #128 (2/29/20): east wind (kochi)

    Originally posted on Tao Talk: Image: nasa worldview of Arctic Blast from 12/27/17 ? Chicago’s east wind Gains lake’s chilled momentum – MI feathers ruffle. “Ruffled Feathers” by Billie Colson ? Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka,…