Frank J. Tassone

Month: July 2021

  • Haiku del giorno – Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: davanti al mare aspetto ogni ritorno — nuvole al vento *** before the sea waiting for every return — clouds in the wind © A.M. Valentin Serov

  • Story-whispering: a #haibun

    There is a story. It eludes my grasp. When I work to shape it’s contours, it soars beyond me. birdsongs the rival for territory continues There is a story. It teases and hints at being told. When I reach for its structure, it crouches back into shadows. traffic drone another cicada sounds off There is…

  • Daily Haiku: July 22, 2021

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: left by children in the rain-filled streets laughter   by Rick Daddario (USA) https://19planets.wordpress.com/

  • Lepidoptera

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: night breeze?wafting?moth after moth

  • Hunker

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: shimmer sun –the songbirds all hide in shadow —— © Steve Mitchell 2021

  • “after the drone…” a #tanka (7/22/21)

    7/22/21: unprompted after the droneof the weed wackercicadashow these summer daysslip away #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Lunch Break: 2806

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Gillena Cox’s latest haiku! with her afro pick she fluffs out her natural crown – pride of a black girl *** © gillena cox 2021 Lunch Break: 2806

  • The Latest and Last Genjuan Anthology

    Originally posted on Icebox: The Cottage of Visions, Genjuan Haibun 2018-21 anthology, 160pp, lilac cover A5, ￥1,400 (US$18 incl. p&p), just published by Hailstone! Available in Japan via teruyama2014″at”gmail”dot”com and for overseas mailing via indigoapple28″at”gmail”dot”com. Short of funds, this time we will only send it free to those in the book itself – awardees for…