Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (6/21/18)

    Solstice an entire career in a box #haikuchallenge (box) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (June 21, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 小鏡をとりおとしてや木下闇   石橋秀野 kokagami o toriotoshite ya koshitayami             I dropped             a small mirror—             darkness under trees                                                             Hideno Ishibashi from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note: Hideno Ishibashi (1909-1947)   ‘koshitayami’ (darkness under trees) is a summer kigo.   It uses…

  • June (summer) solstice

    Originally posted on Ontheland: heat touching my neck saying spring has departed June sun rules the sky ~ once fragile and new now boisterous and green long summer days ~ ©️2018 Ontheland Inspired by today, June 21, summer solstice and by Haikai Challenge #38. You might want to follow the challenge link to find more…

  • Haiku: Summer Solstice

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Xenia Tran’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/21/18)

    6/21/18: answer Solstice rain the answer blowing in the wind #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku windows edited by Kj Munro. This week them’s: stained glass window.

    Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: One haiku of mine is featured in Haiku windows edited by Kj Munro. Thank you so much for this excellent selection. This week them’s: stained glass window. Milan Cathedral a sunbeam plays with the infinite Eufemia Griffo https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/…/haiku-windows-stained…/   Il Duomo di Milano ( Milan Cathedral): a beautiful…

  • birdsong

    Originally posted on Project words: birdsong raindrops on leaves singing too ? ? ? ?

  • Summer Soltice

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: What to focus on: The longest day of the year, Or approaching dark? For Frank J. Tassone’s latest haiku challenge. I do intend to focus on the daytime and good things rather than bad. ?