Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Haiku del giorno – Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? nothing new – spring softly comes forth niente di nuovo – sommessa se ne viene la primavera © A.M.

  • Today’s Haiku (February 21, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 学校のうさぎに嘘を教へけり  西村麒麟 gakkô no usagi ni uso o oshiekeri rabbits at school I tell them a lie                                                 Kirin Nishimra from “Kamo” (Duck), haiku collection of Kirin Nishimura, Bungaku no Mori, Tokyo 2017 Fay’s Note:  ‘rabbit’ is a winter kigo.

  • My Daily #Haiku (2/21/19)

    2/21/19: cell phones melting ice the mystery of life before cell phones #NaHaiWriMo #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • sneeze

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: atchoo! cherry blossom in the rain

  • Presidents

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: For Frank J. Tassone’s haikai prompt, since Monday was Presidents’ Day. Leaders of the land Ought to inspire the people Loving liberty ? Faces carved in stone Country changes as time flows: In the melting-pot

  • President’s Day – MossHawk

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (2/21/19): MossHawk’s latest haiku for my current #Haikai challenge! neither the frozen man nor the coroner care about Trump Tower — Read on mosshawk.online/2019/02/20/presidents-day/

  • A White Priviledge Witness: a #haibun

    Binghamton, 1991. We all sat in a downtown restaurant. A waiter took all of our orders–except for our friend seated at the head of the table. He was the only one among us with a brown complexion. waning moon an “I meant no offense” too little too late The Bronx, 2010s. One of my students,…

  • 41902

    #Haiku Happenings #12: Sky’s latest #haibun!