Frank J. Tassone

Month: July 2020

  • A Washed Up Life

    A Washed Up Life

    Originally posted on kimbladeswriting: Vain are the white waves that crash hard upon the rocks not anchored – no – nor immortal, for joy has gone washed up, worthless, empty copyrightkimblades2020

  • July flowers – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: July flowers . . . a gentle spray of white across the meadow . . ©️2020 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #148 – – summer meadow

  • Masters Dual: an #AmericanSentence #haibun

    You play a dangerous game, coming to my playground, while a red moon rides on the humps of the low river hills. You are not the most or least dangerous enemy I’ve faced. You are simply the latest. Think again. Do you not see the luscious violence that consumes these streets? Arbiters of order yield…

  • Today’s Haiku (July 20, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 考える人あり扇風機のうしろ　　　木割大雄 kangaeru hito ari senpûki no ushiro             there is the Thinker             behind             an electric fan                                                 Daiyu Kiwari from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), February  2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

  • Tanka: Walking Lightly

    Tanka: Walking Lightly

    #Haiku Happenings #8: Xenia Trans’ latest #tanka!

  • #Haikai Challenge #148 (7/18/20): summer meadow (natsuno) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Originally posted on Stine Writing: Written for Frank Tassone’s Challenge: https://frankjtassone.com/2020/07/18/haikai-challenge-148-7-18-20-summer-meadow-natsuno-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/ Friends A walk, a story, a snicker, and a sob. Not hand in hand but hearts connected. Sounds, smells, sights all?provoke?new memories, recall past, fond reminders.? Walking on the path?Best friends remember the days?Nothing can compare? A memory, an idea, silence, and tears. Hearts…

  • “rising sun…” a #tanka (7/20/20)

    7/20/20: Lotus light rising sun the first rays caught in the lotus If only I opened up to enlightenment #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • ALICE IN CORONALALALAND 6: AND GO ON TILL YOU COME TO THE END . . .

    Originally posted on the other bunny: Or not. swansong no legendary descending octave Helen Buckingham