Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2020

  • “this sky…” a #tanka (6/29/20)

    6/29/20: #55 PROMPT– blue mood this sky a day after hail storms that hint of sorrow remains #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Iris ~ a haiku

    Originally posted on Mindfills: inebriated in her evanescent whorls ~ my untamed iris * Mindfills for Frank J Tassone’s Haikai challenge – wild iris (ayame) Cee’s FOTD This work by http://www.mindfills.com is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

  • haiku

    Originally posted on Does writing excuse watching?: wild iris springs upfrom a crack in the sidewalktame iris stays home for Frank Tassone Haiku Challenge …seen annually in Los Alamos

  • No Second Chances In the Cage

    No Second Chances In the Cage

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Dave Madden’s latest #senryu for my current #haikai challenge!

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/29/20)

    6/30/20: natural resource drying upbefore the Pacific …Colorado River #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haikai Challenge #145 (6/27/20): wild iris (ayame) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Tessa Dean’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Off Color

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: My walks feel more like an escape from detention. So I find myself paying closer attention to the landscape. The park grounds keeper is clearly still struggling with this delayed upkeep. Wildflowers have taken over. Often, I would come across a patch of yellow, with a pink one snuggled…

  • #Haikai Challenge #145: wild iris (ayame)

    Originally posted on Tao Talk: wild iris (ayame) seen along Whitefish Bay ? Wild purple iris on the path to the water one midsummer’s day ? Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says: Like the mayfly, the bloom of [the wild iris (ayame)] lasts but a single day. What better exemplar…