Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Today’s Haiku (April 6, 2019)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 理髪屋の主が咲かすクロッカス 宮田正和 rihatsuya no aruji ga sakasu kurokkasu barbershop owner he has crocuses blooming Masakazu Miyata from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), February 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo
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Busy
Originally posted on haiku tree: midnight still buzzing from a busy day ?
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Haibun and haiku in Femku
Originally posted on Anna Maris: A haibun of mine and two haiku were published in issue 10 for Femku. It was a special edition, edited by Lori A Minor. The haibun is a story from the early 1990s, when I first came to London. – It was when London was new. The narrow back alleys.…
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My Daily #Haiku (4/6/19)
4/6/19: footloose “Footloose” playing on TNT … spring shower #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NapPoWriMo2019 / GloPoWriMo2019 6/30
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Opposites Attract
#Haiku Happenings #3: Violet Lentz’s latest poetic #haibun!
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What Remains
Originally posted on Roth Poetry: On the back way to town, just across the railroad tracks, is what remains of a great old truck. It must have been sitting in the weeds listening to the trains roll by for many years. Parts have been cannibalized, but the original character remains. The army green on the…
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Saezuri
Originally posted on revivedwriter: This haiku for Frank’s challenge was inspired by the retreat I went on this week, specifically waking up in a cabin. Today is also the 5th day of NaPoWriMo. Outside cabin walls A birdsong awakening : Twittering daybreak
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Stealing Fresh Fire: A #TankaProse
I can hear Nirvana playing in my head again. Even though the converted bathroom my Special Education Department calls an office is filled, I unleash the melody of my earworm. Soon the tell-tale lyrical opening plays in their heads: Come, as you are, as you were as I want you to be As a friend,…