Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Seven tanka

    Originally posted on Peter Frankis writes: 1. the sand damp and loose in the inundation zone, footmarks sunk, shadowed weed and trash line the edges a gull picks desultory. 2. dawn’s escarpment rose remnant of ancient seas silent but for waves, wind and the occasional beat of huge leathery wings. 3. after a night out…

  • one into two

    Originally posted on Tidbits by Shannon: In response to Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge #43: Afterglow. And for all you lovebirds who have stayed true to both self and your partner. Sláinte!

  • 26 July

    Originally posted on Haiku Three Six Five. : my city below – silver shimmers between ruins, between creation.

  • Today’s Haiku (July 26, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 薔薇の花いつから青い空になる  漠 夢道 bara no hana itsu kara aoi sora ni naru             rose…             when does it become             the blue sky                                                             Mudo Baku from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • End of the day

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Suzanne’s latest #haiga for my current #haikai challenge!

  • #ThrowdownThursday (7/26/18): My latest .@ImageCurve #haibun is up!

    Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 4: July 7, 2014   Frankie and Mira slowly encase me in hot sand. The boobs and mermaid tail come after. Mira snaps at least three photos guaranteed to humiliate should she ever post them. July sun     my breathing collapses his mermaid Lunch at “home.” Mira prepares a salad…

  • Haiku – A Sense of Place: THE SHORE – SMELL

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? scent of the sea a gull shifts the wind in its wings ? © Martha Magenta ? A Sense of Place: THE SHORE – SMELL Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/07/25/a-sense-of-place-the-shore-smell/

  • Daily Haiku: July 26, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: in his arms . . . the scent of jasmine till the morning ? ? ? by Kohana (Marta Chocilowska, Poland) Chrysanthemum, 17, April 2015