Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2020

  • Canvas of awareness

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Eugenia leads off my current #haikai challenge with her latest haiku!

  • #Haikai Challenge #144 (6/20/20): Solstice I (Summer/Winter) Midsummer (manastu) / Midwinter (mafuyu) #Haiku #Senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Excellent hunting, haijin! You caught a variety of kigo! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Dave Madden3. Jules4. Peter5. joem18b 6. Eugenia7. Sangeetha8. Pat R9. Tessa Dean10. Li/Lisa 11. Janice12. Linda Lee Lyberg13. Kerfe Roig14. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! Today marks the first…

  • cold flames

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Kenneth Daniels’ latest haiku!

  • haiku: failing house…

    Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . failing house where a woman lived alone roses and hollyhocks .

  • Today’s Haiku (June 20, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): まだ揉めている蚕豆の莢の中　　　佐藤七重 mada mometeiru soramame no saya no naka             still arguing             inside the pod             of a broad bean                                                 Nanae Sato from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), June 2009 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  ‘soramame’ (broad bean)…

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/20/20)

    6/20/20: troubled waters Where is our“Bridge over troubled waters?” …ghosts of Tulsa #TulsaMassacre #BlackLivesMatter#haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • 2328

    Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: ‪cool gray morning‬‪seeps through the curtains‬‪June’s keepsake‬

  • Chokecherry

    Originally posted on A Poet in Time: ? ? the slow hiss and sudden pop of a pinecone in fire— admitting the mistake is a first step ? * ? had you lived we’d almost be twins, two sisters so close in time we nearly touched ? * ? this urge to turn and walk…