Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • first news

    Originally posted on Shore/lines: This poem is dedicated to my friend, Nick Diggins, who died earlier this year. first news of a friend’s death blackthorn blossom (hedgerow #127)

  • Tanka

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Maria Kreyn tuoni e fulmini la notte s’infittisce sulle spalle la tua leggerezza perdutamente persa thunders and lightnings – the night thickens on my shoulders desperately lost your lightness © A.M.

  • Crossing the Bridge: a #TankaProse

    Dawn and the threshold awaits that crossing all the preparation and still the fear The bridge awaits. The River, so placid today, indifferently reflects the rising arc of the joined stones. I shudder before the threshold. The bystanders at my back stand their ground. This is my journey, to commence with my first step upon…

  • Temple of dreams

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: temple of dreams . . . bright lotuses in the dark moat *    *    *    *

  • ‘for your journey’ 53/100 #haikufeltings

    Originally posted on Stella Pierides: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/for-your-dreams-small.jpg

  • Haiku – Akitsu Quarterly

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? mating fritillaries the entanglement of kites ? dark woods the chirp of a cricket lost like me ? Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2019 http://www.wildgraces.com/Akitsu-Quarterly.html

  • “ignoring her…” a #tanka (6/12/19)

    6/12/19: intuitive ignoring her intuitive sense of the candidate the days dragging on before resolution #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

  • thunder – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: spring thunder torn leaves scattered on the glistening road . . ©️2019 Ontheland