Frank J. Tassone

Month: April 2020

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/13/20)

    4/13/20: hole April showers …another day downthe CoVid rabbit hole #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #coronavirus

  • nd 4.12 trying times 3p – Jules Pens Some Gems…

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! trying times white lily past prime heady gentle perfume wafts through clumsy girls mask what to do with rough edges of emotions; bad poet… spills same psalm prayer – stuff ‘em in the urn; ashes, different words – death is there any true…

  • Haikai Challenge #134: Easter Lily

    Originally posted on Tao-Talk: Among the crocus, A rainbow Easter lily Rises this morning. Hummingbirds and butterflies Somersault, waiting their turns. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says: Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the Easter Lily.

  • Blossoming Violence

    Blossoming Violence

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (4/13/20): Dave Madden’s latest #senryu for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Rise this Easter: a Day 12 #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #sedoko – #triolet – #haibun

    No one witnessed the ressurection event. Apostles witnessed the ressurected Jesus. Witness the irony: Light rising in the dark. coronal Easter still an empty tomb to celebrate Two-millenia and twenty years later, Christians celebrate–and this year, at home. Some may sigh over that, full of unwept tears. But do we celebrate with a Spirit of…

  • Haikai Challenge #134 (4/12/20): Easter Lily #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Have you enjoyed your birdsong serenades, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. joem18b3. Li/Lisa4. Rhen Laird 5. Jane Dougherty6. Peter7. Janice8. Eugenia 9. Kerfe Roig10. Jules Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Happy Easter! Another year, another #haikai challenge on Easter Sunday. As I said last year:…

  • What’s Underneath?

    Resevoirs of underground water rise up through awakening roots. Buds unfold to growing leaves on once-dormant trees. Forsythias bloomed and daffodils sprouted. Cherry and Dogwood trees blossomed. Dill pierced the top soil between innumeral blades of growing grass. All from what has arisen from underneath. We, living in social isolation, may witness from our windows,…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/12/20)

    4/12/20: boots Easterher boots still occupythe coat closet #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020