Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Under the Cherry Blossoms

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (4/10/19): Helene’s latest #TankaProse #haibun for my current #haikai challenge!

  • An Inventory of Unloving Experiences: a #haiku sequence #haibun

    gathering clouds the fourteen-year-old mouth says “you’re a racist!” The supervisor observes on the day of the facutly-student vollyball game. bird silence repeated interruptions in a raised tone No visible Aim or Do-now, for the class that needs to switch rooms. “Ineffective.” late morning shadows the forty-eight-year-old voice says, “we’re done here.” No notebooks out…

  • Haiku sequence

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Colleen isn’t here for a few weeks, so this Tuesday, I shall profit to post haiku without counting the syllables. meadow soaks up golden light returns it in buttercups ? ancient cow pasture a profusion of flowers defies time ? walking knee-high in dew spring mornings ? ditch is…

  • Connect

    Originally posted on haiku tree: plum tree branches connect the stars a full moon ?

  • at emerg – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: at emerg watching shoes pass by under the curtain . is admitting terror more valid than denial? . cherry blossom sky her peacefulness fast sleep . ©️2019 Ontheland Here I use cherry blossoms a Japanese kigo (season word) rich with symbolism, for Frank Tassone’s weekly Haikai Challenge.

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/9/19)

    4/9/19: in like Flynn morning fog the total opposite of in like Flynn #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 9/30

  • Daily Haiku: April 9, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: faded pink of summer plastic flamingo by Lori Becherer (USA) bottle rockets,  #37, 2017

  • silence

    Originally posted on Project words: silence now yet still the clock ticks ? ?