Frank J. Tassone

Month: May 2021

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/31/21)

    5/31/21: sea glass Memorial dayshe searches for sea glasson the shore #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haikai Challenge 193 — Memorial Day haiku series 053121

    Originally posted on Tao Talk: Bones lie where they fell, bullets long buried silence –each Spring poppies bloom. Too many widowsstooped today, wilting at graves —mourning doves take flight. Uniformed, each Springthey march Main in Everytowntrying to forget.   image by Greg Cartmell Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says:This week,…

  • Ron Rowland’s “Wars Not Of Their Making – Navigating This Thing We Call Life”

    #Haikai Happenings #2: Ron Rowland’s latest #Quadrille / #haibun for my current Haikai Challenge! Wars Not Of Their Making Our boys were sent to foreign landsto fight wars not of their makingMany never came back hometheir mothers’ hearts still aching In battlefields they morphed into mentheir innocence now squanderedForever altered when they returnedbecause they went…

  • Serendipitous magic

    Serendipitous magic

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (5/31/21): Eugenia’s latest haiku for my current #Haikai Challenge! Poesy Perspectives rain falls swift rainbows mirror gems reflective #Haikai Challenge #193 (5/29/21): Memorial Day/Rainbow (niji) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to either Memorial…

  • #SilentSunday (5/30/21)

    A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

  • #Haikai Challenge #193 (5/29/21): Memorial Day/Rainbow (niji) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Thank you for walking the path, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s winners! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Eugenia 3. Li/Lisa Fox W MI USA4. Jules #2 5. Xenia Tran6. Colleen Chesebro Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Wow! A #Haikai Challenge about a week after a #Haikai Challenge! May I make it a…

  • Oasis

    Originally posted on K.: It’s a robin, I think, as the melody enters my consciousness through the window.? But then it morphs into a litany of birds from cardinal to crow.? There may even have been a frog thrown in for good measure. I can’t locate the bird to see who is gifting me with…

  • lilac haze – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: lilac haze passing by the call of wildflowers . . ©2021 Ontheland