Frank J. Tassone

Month: August 2021

  • Unfurling ~ haiku

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: I submitted the two poems here to Pure Haiku for Freya’s latest theme, Unfurling, haiku inspired by artwork by Elisa Ang. The second haiku was featured at Pure Haiku on June 8th. Unfurling many paths open when in search of direction opportunities open to new heights coiled response in readiness reaching…

  • Haibun: The Season Keeps on Walking – Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun! Ground-nesting birds have fledged and it is safe to return to the wetlands. The lack of rain in Summer shows itself in scattered leaves and dried out bushes. A hint of gold begins to glitter in the reeds, offering us an early glimpse where Autumn’s cloak will fall.…

  • Today’s Haiku (August 30, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 打ち上げてみたきオクラの五六発　　大竹和子 uchiagete mitaki okura no g0- ro-ppatsu ??????????? I want to launch ??????????? five or six of them… ??????????? okras ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Kazuko Otake from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • “sticky skin…” a #tanka (8/25/21)

    8/25/21: unprompted sticky skinas the cicadascracklehow I yearn for the coolof an Autumn afternoon #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Nothing To At Sneeze

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: summer pollen –he feels his sinusesin his teeth —— © Steve Mitchell 2021

  • Otoroshi Journal, issue 3 – Autumn 2021

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: My haiku in the latest issue of Otoroshi Journal. deep woods a witch with red eyes showing the way unborn babies floating in my dreams— blood moon © A.M. https://743677d2-8c1c-418e-a00f-e6808aa7cc9d.filesusr.com/ugd/a59fed_48833b418c834eafa1b6eb0761e8b33d.pdf

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/25/21)

    8/25/21: love of a ( so-called) imperfect body morning walk…she smiles as sherubs my belly #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • warm August morning

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: warm August morningorange lilies bloomedand now rest – hosta tootoday a red cardinalvisits the birch treein a garden withred geranium flowers These are a few of my haiku with birds, over the seasons and years. birds in the paintingfrom the thrift storeforever in flight how small the songof…