Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • That First Taste

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (8/31/18): Barbara Kaufmann’s latest haiku appears in Modern Haiku!

  • Going Somewhere? A #sonnet #haibun

      The woosh of passing wind as I move on, the bam!bam!bam! of hammers fall away. These wheels that crunch on gravel just beyond, a highway exit ramp to the blue way, where life slows down with every town I pass; and burdens born from crow-caws to day’s rind yeild to a precious peace I…

  • haiku: scattered to the winds…

    Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . scattered to the winds their altar weather-worn the weeping nuns ? ? ? ? .

  • Brave

    Originally posted on haiku tree: one star braves the storm rolling into sunset ?

  • midsummer…

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Tia Haynes’ latest haiku appears in Hedgegrow!

  • Close Encounter: #TBT .@ImageCurve #haibun

      Mom said something. “Ok,” I answered, stepping out of the kitchen and into the living room. Then one more step toward the door.   CRASH!   Shards of shattered glass rained down on the couch, coffee table, and carpet—one step away from me. A Chevy Blazer’s back end hung through our obliterated living room…

  • Daily Haiku: Aug. 30, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu     formal dinner . . . reflected in the cutlery my sagging chin   by Michael Fessler (Japan), Author arrangements

  • Today’s Haiku (August 30, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 海は夏こころ遠くへ置くことも  和田順子 umi wa natsu kokoro tôku e oku koto mo             the sea in the summer             sometimes I put my soul             far away                                                 Junko Wada from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017  Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo