Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Christmas

    Originally posted on Project words: Christmas night the scent of pine fills the hearth ? ?

  • Tanka # 171

    Originally posted on Rooted in Love: In the dawnI reach for you,like a prayerin endless wisps risingto burn in the sun of God.

  • evergreen waiting ~ haiku

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: evergreen waiting for festive decorations bird nest brings good luck This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 ~ Christmas Tree ~. Also: Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #66 Christmas

  • The Message of the Nativity: a #writephoto #TankaProse

    passing light a virgin’s assent saves us all What better effort from the heart can we expect? The last light of the shortest day casts a pallid orange across an empty sky. Caesar’s decree ensures that a speck of a city like Bethlehem will quickly overflow. The carpenter that leads a donkey laden with his…

  • Butterfly Dream edited by Chen-ou Liu

    Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: Absolutely honoured to appear for the second time in Butterfly Dream edited by Chen-ou Liu, with one poem of mine translated into chinese and commented by editor.  This poem has already been published in Failed haiku August 2017 edited by Michael Rehling. ? English Original fallen leaves gathering the…

  • Winter Moon

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: there she is in all her loveliness, full winter moon gazing through bare branches Pat R 12/22/1S

  • Haibun 166

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: blue river running slow and lazy they built a new bridge over the outlet of a lake near my home. the dam at the outlet was closed for the construction. the outlet flows through a state park and fills the marsh. i was impressed at how much care they took…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (12/23/18)

    bare branches the deck table umbrella’s gentle flutter #haiku #micropoetry #poetry