Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • A sense of place: The Shore – touch

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? Mary Cassatt, 1891 ? burning up – the cool touch of my mother’s palm Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/08/08/a-sense-of-place-the-shore-touch/

  • water…

    #Haiku Happenings #9: Tia Haynes’ latest haiku appears in THF’s A Sense of Place!

  • 1689

    Originally posted on feathers:     a splash of water — when is a haiku haiku?     haiku

  • Pathway: A #writephoto #haibun ~ Frank J. Tassone

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: It’s like any other walk through the woods. Light from a westward sun attempts to breach the canopy. It succeeds only in scattering illumination and shadow on the dirt path under our feet. The full fragrance of forest envelops us: Pine, Maple, Chestnut, Oak. Everywhere, the competing songs…

  • Softest Whisper: A #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #tankaprose

      The Spirit moves. Sometimes in the fiercest cyclones. Far more often in the softest whispers.   The story of Elijah experiencing the Presence of the Lord in the “small, still voice” comes to mind. The Spirit manifests in the gentle nudge that prompts us to the action–or inaction–best suited for the situation we face.…

  • “Sumo Wrestling”….a haibun.

    Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: Sumo Wrestling ? I love Sumo wrestling. Or at least I think I do. Perhaps it is the only sport where I don’t feel  I have to hold in my stomach sitting there. Watching those mountains of flesh-men grapple with each other makes my heart beat hard. But women…

  • Haiga, Haiku & #7: Garden Stories & August NaHaiWriMo 2018

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * garden post even the ants work towers * for #7 NaHaiWriMo 8-7-2018 * Karla Decker August 7 – garden *

  • Finding the Way Day 25

    Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: on a narrow street windows look into windows sunshine and shadow Kim M. Russell, 8th August 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, it’s time again for the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the…