Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2020

  • Minnewaska March (an #Encore #Haibun)

    We hit the road for Minnewaska State Park Preserve, in the Shawangunk Mountains outside New Paltz, NY, by 7:30. Arriving just before 9:00, we join the fortunate, 50%-of-park-capacity visitors admitted before the gates close. Of course, since park personnel direct us to the Awosting Falls parking lot, we face a mile ascent up the Sunset…

  • Today’s Haiku (June 30, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 熊蜂の羽音のやうな嘘をつく　　榎本好宏 kumabachi no haoto no yô na uso o tsuku sounding like flapping wings  of a bumblebee a lier                                                 Yoshihiro Enomoto from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July  2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • #Haibun: Fleeting

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: Image by Amber Dawn from Pixabay It’s a beautiful morning for a walk with my dog. The birds are singing, the temperature is in the low 70’s which is unusual for the desert this time of year. The cool breeze kisses the nape of my neck like a long dead…

  • secret garden – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: secret garden . . . a clan of blue irises down by the pond . . ©️2020 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #145 – – wild iris Blue flag (iris versicolor) by Jacopo Werther, (photo under Creative Commons license 2.0, with crop) .

  • “a buzzing fly…” a #tanka (6/30/20)

    6/30/20: #61 PROMPT– mask a buzzing fly the refreshing cool of this overcast day we all save each other one mask at a time #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus

  • Daily Haiku: June 30, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: off-shorestars I thought I made upin childhood   by Pris Campbell (USA) Frogpond, 2012

  • Haiku – Wild Iris – Poetry For Healing

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Christine Bolton’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! A wild iris blooms Here for one fleeting moment Beauty in passing Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©    Haiku – Wild Iris – Poetry For Healing

  • Ancient tree

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: ancient tree a shattered limb still points the way *    *    *    *