Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • “walking beside”— Dave Read Poetry

    #Haiku Happenings #9: Dave Read’s #tanka appears in Atlas Poetica! walking beside a fence I used to climb thirty years and sixty pounds ago Atlas Poetica 34 — Dave Read Poetry

  • Night Trolling

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: Night Trolling “When I go fishing I like to know that there’s nobody within five miles of me.” Norman MacCaig I used to love fishing with my parents, especially at night.  We slowly and blindly trolled our lines, waiting for the fish to hit the bait. silence on the water…

  • Haiku: Swallow Song

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Xenia Tran’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • “the serenade…” a #tanka (3/25/19)

    3/25/19: prompt-free the serenade of Celtic Women my glistening eyes as they sing the refrain of “Danny Boy” again #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku: Swallow

    Haiku: Swallow

    Originally posted on The Dark Netizen: Back From Migration I Sing My Jolly Tunes Attracting Mate… Prompt: #Haikai Challenge #78 (3/23/19): swallow (tsubame) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

  • Swallow

    Swallow

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Reena Saxena’s latest #haibun for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Haiku: Swallow

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: A haiku for Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. ? hens in the yard watch the changing spring sky for the first swallow ?

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/25/19)

    3/25/19: stem daffodil stem by the side of the road a dead deer #haiku #micropoetry #poetry