Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2021

  • Today’s Haiku (June 26, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 百の手が挙がりて神輿宙に舞ふ　　　田島和生 hyaku no te ga agarite mikoshi chû ni mau ??????????? a hundred hands up ??????????? festival “mikoshi” ??????????? dance in the air ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Kazuo Tajima from Haiku-kai (Haiku World), July 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  “mikoshi” (literal translation:  God’s palanquin) is…

  • 2502

    Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: she slams doorsand windows, toomidnight wind

  • Nightmares like this: a #Tankaprose

    A respectable woman, sipping tea with others women of her station, exchanging chuckles and pleasantries. No one remarked when she excuses herself from their company after a certain server passed by. She passes through the crowded chamber, down the labyrinthine corridors of the grand vessal, until she comes to a small, cramped chamber. A brief…

  • Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: night’s rain the full moon readies her body

  • Dr. Proffitt Levin’s “Deers gaze in the mist…”

    Deers graze in the mist Hiding forlorn refugees Trying to be free #Haiku Happenings #5: Dr. Roberta Proffitt Levin’s latest haiku!

  • Frameless Sky, 2021

    Originally posted on My Inner Voice: reconciliation we forgetwho is who in the skythere is a perfect harmonyamong stars Also added in the sneak preview of Frameless Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzsi2keaJcs&t=392s ————- cascading waterfallfrom the creviceof an old rock ?I reach the pointof forgiving myself?? ————- a tapestryof marigold blossomsin the gardenthe invisible handsof my mother’s love…

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/26/21)

    6/26/21: gate chewed-up dill…measurementsfor a new gate #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haibun Special by Roberta Beary

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Piano Practice My grandma speaks in a thick accent. I try to keep her away from my school friends. I don’t want them to make fun of me. At home it’s different. I like having her around because she likes me. That puts her way ahead…