Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • ‘sudden squall’ 42/100 #haikufeltings

    Originally posted on Stella Pierides: sudden squall —I search for the right colour wool https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/sudden-squall-small.jpg

  • A Walk at Nyack Beach: An .@ImageCurve #haibun

    The Hudson surges against the black boulders of the Nyack Beach shoreline. A woosh of water on stone is a chant in rhythm to the river’s tide. Frankie bikes around a bend in the dirt-and-granular track. We follow on foot, content to be left behind for a time. Hook MountainCasts a wide shadowWind caressing waves…

  • Today’s Haiku (May 28, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 山荘にパン焼く匂ひ辰雄の忌   森田君子 sansô ni pan yaku nioi tatsuo no ki             a scent of baking bread             at a mountain cottage             Tatsuo’s Memorial Day                                                             Kimiko Morita from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   May 28 is a memorial day…

  • Spring

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: wind in the long grass bending tree boughs rippling through the meadow flowers sighing this spring so long birthing

  • Haibun: Natural Balance

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun!

  • “an overdue visit…” a #tanka (5/28/19)

    5/28/19: preparing for something an overdue visitto Mom and Dad’s grave, postponedby rain again …preparing in vain once moreto see their memorial #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Tan Renga: Flower Fragrance

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lochinver-1634160_1280.jpg coming to sea cliffs the off-shore breeze raises a flower fragrance © Jane Reichhold salt crusted air hangs heavyheady perfume of nature ©2019 Linda Lee Lyberg Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: #1668 Tan Renga Challenge flower fragrance

  • new leaves fully grown ~ haiku

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: new leaves fully grown welcome new life to their world fawn taking first steps This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #87: fawn. Image source: ukiyo-e.org – Deer, by Inshō Domotō