Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Tanka – Skylark

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? a nonchalant fox passes me in the street I am the interloper in this nightworld ? paper poppies for peace somewhere else another war another cemetery ? Skylark 13, 7:1 summer 2019 http://skylarktanka.weebly.com/store.html

  • inhaling – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: inhaling a lilac breeze – country drive . . ©️2019 Ontheland

  • An Oceanic Comtemplation: a #writephoto #haibun

    The tide rolls in. A crescendo of sound rises, as waves crest and crash against the fine sand of the beach in a roar. The last sunlight reflects on the water as the sun dips below the horizon. A sea breeze picks up, its whoosh a counterpoint to the crying gulls scouring above the shore.…

  • Originally posted on weird laburnum: another bee dies the beautician really rips the wax * new renovation stains on the new carpet spread * another cell phone dies the animals all forgotten Robyn Cairns

  • 1719

    Originally posted on feathers: ? ? thunder–I wonder where the crowflies ? ?

  • Haiku Dialogue – a fallen leaf

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? autumn trail a leaf leaps into a toad ? Haiku Dialogue – a fallen leaf Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog 5 June 2019 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/06/05/haiku-dialogue-whats-at-hand-week-19/

  • “Afternoon haze…” a #tanka (6/7/19)

    6/7/19: transplanting Afternoon haze and we transplant our hopes to better soil waiting for a blossoming of serenity #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • #127—the spring issue is here!

    Originally posted on hedgerow: a journal of small poems: hedgerow #127 (the spring issue) is finally out! Thanks to contributors & readers alike. I look forward to reading your work for the upcoming summer issue (submissions accepted on a rolling basis). The spring issue can be purchased at the link below, or from Amazon. hedgerow…