Frank J. Tassone

Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Daily Haiku: Aug. 15, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: lingering heat– the tempo of flies on the cow’s tail   by Goran Gatalica (Croatia) The Mainichi, 13.4, 2018 ?

  • Haiga, Haiku & #14: Navigate Stories & August NaHaiWriMo 2018

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * white and yellow more ducks navigate reeds in the canal * for #14 NaHaiWriMo 8-14-2018 * Karla Decker August 14 – navigate *

  • Swinging Gate

    Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: a swinging gate on both sides the flowers open – close ­                                                    an offering of pollen ­             …

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/15/18)

    8/15/18: omit August sunflower Lost War Memorial Day omitted again #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Sense of Place: MOUNTAIN – sight

    Originally posted on Project words: Delighted to appear on A Sense of Place again today mountain trail the length of this blister Rachel Sutcliffe https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/08/15/a-sense-of-place-mountain-sight/

  • Today’s Haiku (August 15, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 地球儀の日本は小さし敗戦忌　　生田比呂志 chikyûgi no nihon wa chisashi haisenki             Japan on the globe             is small…             August 15                                                 Hiroshi Ikuta from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:   ‘haisenki’ (Lost War Memorial Day)…

  • 8.15 tanked? haikai 46 (tanka /haiku)

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (8/15/18): Jules second solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! tanked? ambition’s face eyes reflecting flame, blazing – a firefighters’ job determination to save, mindful; both women and men a ‘family’ of smoke-eaters; repeaters true – use healing water ‘Grant’ homeowners fishy boon with thoughtful lovingkindness a teaching moment; safety for all…

  • Today’s Haiku (August 14, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 一とむらのおいらん草に夕涼み　　　三橋鷹女 hitomura no oiransô ni yûsuzumi             a cluster             of ‘courtesan’ grass             the cool of the evening                                                             Takajo Mitsuhashi from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   Takajo Mitsuhashi (1899-1972)    ‘oiransô’ (‘summer phlox,’ literal translation: ‘courtesan grass’) is…