Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Pulse

    Originally posted on haiku tree: midnight a heated sky pulses with light ?

  • Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 5: July 8, 2014: A #ThrowdownThursday #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve

    breakfast outside a neighbor on his cellphone across the street Frankie’s last tears as we pull away from “home” The boat pulls away from the bayside dock. Our guide points out the history of Assateague Island’s origins (a 1933 storm broke it off the peninsula) and points out fishing vessels docked at West Ocean City,…

  • Please Contribute a Saying that Describes Haiku & Senryu

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Dear Loyal Readers and Followers: I’ve been thinking about short, familiar sayings that can apply to haiku. Mine are:  As far as your mind will go  The long and short of it ? What are yours? Please submit no more than two per person. Also, please be careful…

  • chrysanthemum moon

    Originally posted on Ontheland: Chrysanthemum moon lighting sad departure wings etch the sky : : : : : : : : Chrysanthemum moon the vast heavens a stage this autumn night . lighting sad departure in V-shaped formation their piercing cries . wings etch the sky grey shadows sliver the moon how summer has flown!…

  • Haibun 132

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: when i was young just yesterday as a kid i valued my bag of cats eye marbles more than anything. when i grew up i valued paper with paintings of queens and kings and revolutionaries on it. today i would give a bag of gold for my cats eye marbles…

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/9/18)

    8/9/18: Nagasaki… indentical mushroom clouds three days apart #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #Nagasaki #NagasakiDay

  • Plain Jane (troibun) Daily moments Aug.9/18

    Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: It was another hot and humid day. Commuters boarded the bus one by one, quiet and as soon as one sat down, they slid open a window next to or above them. Even open, there was no air. One older woman sat at the back and got her…

  • Haiga, Haiku & #8: Haiku Stories & August NaHaiWriMo 2018

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * haiku the soft glow of rain * for #8 NaHaiWriMo 8-8-2018 * Karla Decker August 8 – haiku *