Frank J. Tassone

Month: July 2020

  • haiku

    Originally posted on Does writing excuse watching?: Mike Salway* venus, jupiter,buck moon together; their weightbears down on my life for Frank J. Tassone’s Haiku Challenge (*actually, as i type this at 12:35 am, the full moon stands just below saturn and jupiter, which for me is a far heavier conjunction than its conjuntion with venus…

  • July 4 Moon

    Originally posted on K.: darkness plays with clouds illuminated edges hint at full moon Who needs Macy’s?  For weeks, the neighborhood has been in full fireworks mode, with displays launching from both sidewalks and the rooftops of at least 5 surrounding buildings.  Last night they were still going off at 5am.  Strangely, I’ve learned to…

  • Cape Cod 2020 Travel Notes, 6/6/20

    We rose at seven. Frank’s iPhone still doesn’t work. Mine needed a full reset. But we manage to Las the car and leave by 8:45. On the road across three states our journey The near five-hour trip to North Truro in Cape Cod happens without complications. After a call to our property manager, we gain…

  • #Haikai Challenge #146 (7/5/20): Buck Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Have you savored the transience of the Wild Iris enough, haijin? Many of you did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa2. Pat R3. Tessa Dean4. Dave Madden5. joem18b6. s.s. 7. Linda Lee Lyberg8. Jane Dougherty9. Eugenia10. Jules11. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr12. Kerfe Roig 13. Christine Bolton14. Janice15. Revived Writer16. Xenia Tran17.…

  • Réka Nyitrai’s pinned butterfly

    Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: pinned butterfly – even in death beautiful – Réka Nyitrai (Romania) (published previously in Scryptic issue 2.4 December 2018) I liked the simplicity of this haiku that straight away touched me deeply. We mostly mention living creatures in our poems as a source of inspiration but this unique haiku took…

  • the tenant

    Originally posted on The Lotus: even as the tenant departs dawn

  • Daily Haiku: July 5, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: prayer time the distant chant of birds     by Eufemia Griffo (Italy)   Failed Haiku, “Back from the Dead,”  Issue 53,  Vol. 5, 2019

  • A Domestic Experience: A #Tanka-Prose

    The neighborhood Fourth of July fireworks ceased sometime during the night. Now, the only sounds are the intermittent birdsongs, the rustle of breeze-tussled leaves, and the hum of a dryer exhaust. The sun approaches zenith. The last clouds dispersed. Sunlight-bathed blades of grass look a radiant green. The temperature and humidity continue to rise. Yesterday,…