Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Spring Snow

    Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: spring snow everything wakes to silence in the mountains purifies earth and heaven with its whiteness this crystallised hope our enemies perish from the grip and bite of ice new shoots start to show Kim M. Russell, 6th June 2019 Henmi Takashi: Spring Snow at Jokochi- or Kamikochi…

  • ‘silk threads’ 48/100 #haikufeltings

    Originally posted on Stella Pierides: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/silk-threads-small.jpg

  • Mourning Song: a #haibun

    The days between Dad’s death and his funeral passed with a frantic urgency. There Mom and I were, securing his plot, arranging his wake, purchasing his coffin. We held back the grief as we attended to the business of saying goodbye. I still needed to write his eulogy. Some time in the midst of all…

  • “Scattered rain…” a #tanka (6/5/19)

    6/5/19: helping each other through scattered rain a team-teaching partner’s last observation my intervention with a struggling student #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Originally posted on weird laburnum: one in my yard extinct you say Roberta Beach Jacobson

  • Today’s Haiku (June 5, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 減らないカロリーメイトください夏の月   中村安伸 heranai karoriimeito kudasai natsu no tsuki             please give me ‘Calory Mate’             that will never get smaller…             summer moon                                                             Yasunobu Nakamura from ‘Tora No Yashoku’(‘Tiger’s Night Snack’) haiku collection by Yasunobu Nakamura, Yuu Shorin, Hyogo 2016

  • #Haiku: Summer-like

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4561.jpg My roses after one day of hot sun- Mesa, AZ early morning blooms withered and dried end of day scorching summer sun Frank J. Tassone: #Haikai Challenge #88 summer-like

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/5/19)

    6/5/19: weave Summer rain a late commuter weaves in and out of traffic #haiku #micropoetry #poetry