Frank J. Tassone

Month: June 2021

  • Revealed (Haiku series)

    Originally posted on Secret Thoughts Within: You reached out to me with your white enchanting smile and devilish heart I stayed up all night reading your angelic words stolen from heaven Every thought I had drew me away from wisdom and closer to you The cold light of day revealed that you really were a…

  • Haiga

    Originally posted on Icebox: #Haiku Happenings #4: Gerald’s latest #haiga! Icebox View original post

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/21/21)

    6/21/21: weed Summer Solsticeall across the front yarddandelions #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku: Dreamtime

    Haiku: Dreamtime

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Xenia Trans’ latest haiku!

  • Today’s Haiku (June 21, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夏至ゆうべ地軸の軋む音すこし　　　和田悟郎 geshi yûbe chijiku no kishimu oto sukoshi ??????????? summer solstice night ??????????? a little squeaking sound ??????????? of the earth’s axis ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Goro Wada from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • Haibun Monday 6-21-21: Solstice I

    Originally posted on dVerse: Image by Przemyslaw “Blueshade” Idzkiewicz. Wikipedia Welcome, poets! Frank Tassone here, your host for today’s Haibun Monday! As usual, we blend prose and haiku together to form that famous Japanese poetic form. And what a day to inspire our haibun! Yes, I’m talking about today, the first solstice of the year!…

  • #Haikai Challenge #194 (6/7/21): clear [spring-] water (shimizu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you enjoyed celebrating rainbows, haijin. Thank you to those of you that commemorated Memorial Day. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Ron Rowland3. Li/Lisa in W MI USA 4. Jules5. Kerfe Roig6. Peter 7. Revived Writer8. Susan Joy Clark Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! A searing heatwave…

  • The Fifth International Haiku Contest 2021 by Bulgarian Haiku Union

    Originally posted on My Inner Voice: social distancing…I get closerto the cherry blossoms социална дистанция…все повече се приближавамдо вишневите цветчета 2nd place winner in The Fifth International Haiku Contest “Cherry Blossom” 2021 by Bulgarian Haiku Union