Frank J. Tassone

Month: April 2021

  • Presence: A #Haibun (4/26/2021): Day 26 of #NationalPoetryMonth

    Fresh crabapple leaves flutter. The mantle clock tick-tocks, tick-tocks. Frank’s voice carries from beyond his closed door. I walk to the couch, grab a pillow, and return to my seat at the dining room table. The Syracuse windchimes sound off. A roar soft as a sated lion: the new windchimes ring out. Branches sway like…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/18 – 4/20)

    4/18/21: trove a treasure troveof sunlit graniteMinnewaska 4/19/21: sage she smudgesthe house againwhite sage 4/20/21: winkle what it takesto winkle out justicemagnolia bloom #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #NationalPoetryMonth2021 #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo #napowrimo2021 #glopowrimo2021

  • A Correspondence II: a #haibun (4/12/21): Day 12 of #NationalPoetryMonth

    Witness their blood stain the sands, Persian King. See your 200,000+ strong army fall by the scores at Marathon. O Darius, a mere 10,000 Greeks drove your screaming soldiers into the sea. Watch your ambition fail with them, as soon after you lie with your ancestors. twenty-six-point-two the last runner crosses the finish line. How…

  • A Correspondence: a petite #TankaProse (4/11/21) Day 11 of #NationalPoetryMonth

    Would I have the courage to commune with you, Celtic queen? Iceni regis you bloodied Roman legions in Britannia. but when you faced your end tell me, was it worth it? What would be your response if I did? American man did not your people bloody English Regiments? Considering what you gained how would you…

  • 稲美里佳の短歌：Tanka by Rika Inami (44)

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: 2021年4月 短歌 April 2021, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳? ? 1. 清風に佐保姫舞ふか蕗のたう雪消の間よりかをりたゆたふ does Sahohime dance Spring gracefully in supple breezes? the fragrance of butterbur drifts through the thaws Sahohime/ Princess Saho is the spring goddess in Japan. 2. 天地（あめつち）の時のたがひは相対性理論に帰すらしと語りぬ ? we discussed that the discrepancy…

  • Haiku del giorno – Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Still from the film “The End of Summer” by Yasujiro Ozu, 1961 senza parlare.per non fare rumore –mare di sera without speakingto make no sound –evening sea © A.M.

  • Today’s Haiku (April 17, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 春の海かく碧ければ殉教す　　岩岡中正 haru no umi kaku aokereba junkyô su ??????????? how blue ??????????? the spring sea… ??????????? martyrdom ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Nakamasa Iwaoka from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/16/21 – 4/17/21) #NationalPoetryMonth #NationalHaikuDay

    4/16/21: gumption afternoon cloudsthe gumption to hangnew canvases 4/17/21: stubble dogwood blossomafter the latest shavethe stubble #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth2021 #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo #napowrimo2021 #glopowrimo2021