Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • #Haikai Challenge #41 (7/7/18): waterfall (taki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      Declared your independence, haijin? (UPDATE!) Congratulations to this week’s contributors!   Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 3. lynn__ 4. Dwight L. Roth 5. Jules @ Strands 6. Reena Saxena 7. Deborah Gomez 8. Janice 9. Revived Writer 10. Janice (2) Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets.  …

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/6/18)

    7/6/18: careful Algarve hotel careful steps across the pool #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #Portugal

  • Today’s Haiku (July 6, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 約束の時間過ぎたる夕焼かな   稲畑汀子 yakusoku no jikan sugitaru yuyake kana             the time we agreed             passed…             a sunset                                                 Teiko Inahata from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  ‘sunset’ is a summer kigo.

  • bench in the park

    Originally posted on Ontheland: park bench evening meditation with geese in a line gazing at eternity a winged flock moving as one from shore to lake to sky interbeing ~ ©2018 Ontheland In a recent post at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Chevrefeuille shares a photo and haiku about a favourite park bench near his home.…

  • Independence Day

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: In honor of Independence Day here in the U.S., Frank has a haikai prompt about independence. He suggests to think about how dependent we truly are on other people. The United States: Is the flag meant to divide? Let United hearts Pass through created borders Each face made in God’s image.

  • Portugal Travel Notes #2 (7/4/18)

    A good English-style breakfast: eggs, ham, baked beans, and a mini croissant. And hot coffee. Lots of coffee! Seconds asking for more coffee in Portuguese a quick car trip to the Torre da Belém. Too long a line to climb, so we selfie-pose. a short walk to the monument to the discoverers Afterward, we visit…

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/5/18)

    7/5/18: more fireworks more locales to visit on our way #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #Portugal

  • Eufemia Griffo – Otata 31, June 2018

    Originally posted on Memorie di una Geisha, multiblog internazionale di Haiku: spring fog the muffled cry of a seagull nebbia primaverile il grido ovattato di un gabbiano * Eufemia Griffo