Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2020

  • Haiku: Firefly

    Haiku: Firefly

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Trans’ latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Firefly

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: For Frank’s haikai prompt. Side note: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a firefly, at least not recently. The flying lightning Bug’s bioluminescence: A living lantern via

  • Publication Alert: Poets Salon: Solidarity and Protest | ColoradoBoulevard.net

    I’m pleased to have two of my #tanka appear in today’s edition of Poets’ Salon (Poetry Corner) at ColoradoBoulevard.net for its Solidarity and Protest theme! passing carand late afternoonbirdsongsdo the memorialcandles still burn? Ο a neighborhood walkas the heat of the daybegins to pass…we will not enjoy peaceunless we work for justice Thank you, Kathabela…

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/10/20)

    6/10/20: spring another scorcherdiminishingspring #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (June 10, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): いい椅子になる木ならぬ木かっこう鳴く　　宮崎斗士 ii isu ni naru ki naranu ki kakkkô naku             a tree that will become a good chair             a tree that will not become the one             a cuckoo sings                                                 Toshi Miyazaki from “Sonna Ao” (That Kind of Blue), haiku collection of…

  • reopening – – haibun

    Originally posted on Ontheland: The library email announces they have reopened. I may pick up the item that was on hand just before the lockdown. An excursion! I roll into the deserted community centre parking lot and spot the curbside sign with the library phone number. I obediently dial and speak to a librarian who…

  • Rainy season…

    Originally posted on AshiAkira's Blog: Rainy season coming Dry to remain a short while Gardenias’ domain

  • “clear sky…” a #tanka (6/9/20)

    6/9/20: prompt-free Clear skyan old central ACstruggles with the heatAnother message left withanother technician #tanka #micropoetry #poetry