Frank J. Tassone

Month: July 2021

  • summer heat – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: summer heat my mind a jungle of sunflowers ©️2021 Ontheland

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/22/21)

    7/22/21: barn too late…an empty barn’sclosed doors #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Climate Change Haiku from Michael G. Smith

    Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: early spring blooms dead bees circle and circle snowline higher every year fading memory green light sigh– mine the sole bicycle on the road drought so what? again I fill the birdbath

  • grey sky

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: Dramatic Bird Border from Reusable Art grey skyand green treesred cardinalon the branchby my window wpclipart Photo by Paul IJsendoorn on Pexels.com Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com

  • Today’s Haiku (July 22, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夏シャツをカサブランカのやうに着て　　　行方克巳 natsu-shatsu o kasaburanka no yô ni kite ??????????? summer shirt ??????????? wearing it like being ??????????? in Casablanca ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Katsumi Namekata from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • A Night of Mid-90’s Nostalgia: a #quadrille #haibun

    An unsentimental, staccato trumpet sounds out from a coffee bar jukebox. The click of que-ball against stripe joins the ominous rhythm accompanying the melody line. A milk steamer hisses: a gurgled, high-pitch screech drops in tone. A murmering audience gathers for an Open Mic. Welcome to Caffeine Jones… “Bitches Brew” a sip of cappuccino before…

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    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: foggy highway—the black and white cowsonly sometimes there Sandra Simpson

  • Today’s Haiku (July 15, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 籐椅子にペルシャ猫をるメロンかな　　　富安風生 tôisu ni perusha-neko oru meron kana ??????????? a Persian cat ??????????? on the latten chair… ??????????? melon ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Fusei Tomiyasu from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note: Fusei Tomiyasu ?(1885-1979)???? “Melon” is a summer kigo.　FYI:? “tôisu” (latten chair) is…