Frank J. Tassone

Month: July 2020

  • Captain’s Last Stand: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

    I bring Frankie out of his bedroom. It is 10:00PM, but he was not asleep. The Yankees play the Orioles in the Bronx. It is the top of the ninth inning; the home team has a three-run lead. A fitting way for Derek Jeter, the Yankee Captain, to end his last home game. closer’s warm…

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    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: Gavin Austin ? winter moon the black colt blue in drifting mist ? Gavin Austin ? ?

  • #Haiku Happenings #8: Scott Metz presents a haiku by LeRoy Gorman!

  • Wild Iris – Frank J Tassone Challenge

    Originally posted on petrujviljoen: Copyright Petru J Viljoen In the beginning was the word; unversed scented wild iris ……. Linked to Frank J Tassone

  • “thunderstorm…” a #tanka (7/3/20)

    7/3/20: unprompted thunderstorm yet this searing heat remains we still hear the words “I can’t breathe!” #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #BlackLivesMatter

  • Today’s Haiku (July 3, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 薔薇を見るあなたが薔薇でない幸せ　　田島健一 bara o miru anata ga bara denai shiawase             you who look at roses             is not a rose             my happiness                                                 Kenichi Tajima from “Tadanaranu Po” (Unusual ‘Po’), haiku collection of Kenichi Tajima, Furansu-do, Tokyo 2017

  • Femkumag 25 – The Lazy Summer Issue

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? willow branches in the wind clouds above the perfect shelter for my idleness – Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo https://69b046c2-a7e1-4a9a-9a22-1c70986eaa24.filesusr.com/ugd/f4c0ea_775a42f660fe4bb5a346e44574f7cfda.pdf ?

  • Haibun by Marilyn Fleming

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: To My Grandson If one dull summer day you should find yourself in a melancholy mood, go for a walk through the meadow until you spot a green flat blade of tall grass with a sharp edge, and place it taut from the base of your hands between both…