Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Of Medicinal Malice and Momentary Humanity: A #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #TankaProse

    Children wait at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry, in the US-Mexico border in Chihuahua State, Mexico on June 20, 2018. Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images   Somewhere in south Texas, a child cries. Uniformed men pulled him from his screaming mother’s arms, and brought him far away. He sits by a cot, surrounded by other…

  • Today’s Haiku (June 20, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 身を離れ行くものばかり夏の原  渡辺誠一郎 mi o hanareyuku mono bakari natsu no hara             everything             is leaving my body             summer field                                                 Sei’ichiro Watanabe from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine),  November 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

  • AHS Winter Solstice Haiku String 2018

    AHS Winter Solstice Haiku String 2018

    #Haiku Happenings #8: The AHS announces its Winter Solstice Haiku Strong 2018! Australian Haiku Society Welcome to The Australian Haiku Society Haiku String for  the day of the Southern Hemisphere Winter Solstice We will keep the String open for contributions for three days to accommodate international poets who may wish to take part. We welcome contributions from haiku…

  • 6.20 (dj) geshi / haikai 38 – Jewels by Jules

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Jules’ latest #renga soliloquy for my current #haikai challenge! geshi (solstice verse) slow motion, seems too still, single photo capture solstice of the sun * planets around the sun; revolutionary- science expanding wisdom almost infinite; space between comprehension * forward facing earth or the reverse in shadow each season plays out the…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (6/20/18)

    “not a game addict” the hours spent to unlock another level #haikuchallenge (unlock) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: June 20, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: morning showers the last piece of watermelon floats in the cooler by Susan Beth Furst (USA) The Heron’s Nest, Vol. XIX, No. 3, September 2017 ?

  • A Museum Piece

    A Museum Piece

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Vivian’s latest #tanka for Poets United and Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge!

  • Haiku Windows: stained glass window

    Originally posted on Project words: Delighted to feature on Haiku Windows today stained glass each window tells a story Rachel Sutcliffe https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/06/20/haiku-windows-stained-glass-window/