Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • My Daily #Haiku (11/18/18)

    11/14/18: brothers Dire Straits’ “Brothers-in-Arms” playing … morning sounds #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Contemplation

    Contemplation

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Reena’s latest #haibun for Carpe Diem!

  • Fingernail Moon

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Barbara Kaufmann’s haiku appears in Tiny Words!

  • Lest We Forget

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (11/14/18): Helene’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Contemplation: A #TBT #TankaProse (11/13/18)

      Go within your inner room. Close the door. Quiet; be still. Breathe. Follow your breath while you spiral through the nautilus shell. Breathe.   Find that ever-elusive still point. Breathe.   Now, listen to the utter silence beyond and within every sound: a golden lab’s bark, a passing jet, the labor of your breath…

  • Today #tanka #haiku

    Originally posted on Trent's World (the Blog): It’s a slate grey day Relentless cold rain beats down Summer is long gone I want to go through a book Curled up on a nice warm couch * See the wet cool words Mild but not agreeable November showers *** Written for Colleen’s Poetry challenge.  Each week she…

  • Great War?

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: For Frank J. Tassone’s haikai prompt for this week, when we write in honor of the armistice. Did not end all wars Such senseless death — no man’s land Mourn the armistice

  • What I see

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Suzanne’s latest #haibun!