Frank J. Tassone

Month: April 2020

  • Life

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: ending life in the gutters, the indignity of it all – cherry blossoms Pat R 4/29/20

  • Travel Reminiscence: On ASW ‘19 Travel Notes (7/17/19): a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #haibun

    Shelter-in-place. Curtailed flights. Masked ambulations. “The New Normal” of “New York Pause,” and its sister terms in other states, confine us to save lives. It’s easy to stir against that confinement. But as the last songbirds vie for their territory with every note, I recall travels this past summer, and again feel free. sights and…

  • grey sky

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: grey skymourning doveon a birch tree branch time with the Psalmsa dove on the branchpictures a poem wpclipart

  • Walking with Basho

    Originally posted on Mapping uncertainty: Last week I re-read Basho’s “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” (sometimes titled “The Journey to the Deep Interior”). I was looking for some insight that could guide me through this time of coronavirus. While reading I learned that, for Basho, the Buddhist concept of impermanence included ideas of…

  • cherry blossoms – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: park closure . . . cherry blossoms open in solitude . . ©️2020 Ontheland In Toronto they will be closing High Park when cherry blossoms bloom in early May…to prevent the usual crowds of spectators which would undoubtedly be a COVID 19 risk. The city may be offering a video or…

  • “unfurling leaves…” a #tanka (4/28/20)

    4/28/20: compassion She patiently talks her client through another crisis after days of cold rain unfurled leaves Author’s note: Thanks to Pamela A. Babusci for her feedback and suggestions on my earlier version. #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020

  • Today’s Haiku (April 28, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 水底の砂を揺らする春の月　　　天野小石 minasoko no suna o yurasuru haru no tsuki             shaking sands             at the water bottom             a spring moon                                                 Koishi Amano from “Kagen” (Origin of Blossoms), haiku collection of Koishi Amano, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2011

  • 2278

    Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: bomb-free warstaying at homewashing hands