Frank J. Tassone

Month: March 2021

  • Haiku :So shy are the Doves

    Originally posted on Ruth Partridge: I crept across the floor to capture this: so shy are the collared doves So shy are the dovesCloud- soft and gently watchfulWith bright beaded eyes.

  • #Haikai Challenge #179-181 (2/20, 2/27/, 3/6): Spring Trinity #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Hope you’ve warmed up, and enjoyed your New Year/ Mardi Gras celebrations, haijin! Congratulations to the last challenge’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Eugenia3. Colleen Chesebro4. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA 5. Jane Dougherty6. Pat7. Ruth 8. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 9. Revived Writer10. Tessa Dean11. Dolores Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets.…

  • Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: stands still the infinite army in absolute dark

  • Roberta Proffitt Lavin’s “Chill the heartstrings”

    #Haiku Happenings #8: Roberta Proffitt Lavin’s latest haiku! Staring in the door A siamese cat tormentor lurks Stop, chill the heartstrings Chill the heartstrings

  • Today’s Haiku (March 6, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 啓蟄や天使の声のひきがへる　　　沢木欣一 keichitsu ya tenshi no koe no hikigaeru ??????????? ground hog’s day— ??????????? a toad ??????????? with an angel’s voice ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Kinichi Sawaki from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:? Kinichi Sawaki (1919-2001)?? Strictly speaking, ‘keichitsu’ (the day when insects…

  • El camino a través de las nubes: a #TankaProse

    “Come.” The familiar feelings continue to arise: a dull throb in the joints; aches in the neck, back, knee; the knot in the stomach. The agitating numbness of anxiety, and its corresponding rise of triggering thoughts: “What am I missing? What if something goes wrong? What if I am…” arousal “Come.” The subtle nudge. The…

  • March 6, 2021

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: full moon the ash carried  by the wind       by Carmela Marino (Italy) cattails, Oct. 23, 2020  

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    #Haiku Happenings #5: Sky’s latest #photo haiku!