Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • 16 June

    Originally posted on Haiku Three Six Five. : early morning and the pitter patter of rain – gone, in a moment.

  • D-day haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: During a holiday I was in Normandy with my husband and my father. An unforgettable, moving visit to Omaha beach and the American war Memorial, as well to all the other places of D-day. Colleville -sur-mer, American war cemetery Omaha beach –  distant shadows  on the waves white crosses…

  • More rain

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Suzanne’s latest #haibun!

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/16/18)

    6/16/18: tea blue sky breakfast the variety of tea left in my pantry #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haipho works for NHK Haiku Masters in Kyoto 3. ‘Maiko-haan’ team

    Originally posted on Icebox: Photo by Peter MacIntosh, haiku by Tito For the Icebox event report Click here For the NHK report, here

  • singing frog

    Originally posted on purplepeninportland: Written for:  Carpe Diem #1449 – River Frog Kajika Frog (River Frog or “Singing Frog” or “River Deer” Kajika or “singing frog” is the Japanese singing frog, known for its “fififi” call, is brown or gray-black. Other frogs merely croak or call, but this frog sings. In Japan it was once common…

  • Daily Haiku: June 16, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: moon river thoughts wandering out to sea mångata tankarna vandrar ut på havet by Anna Maris (Sweden) Acorn, Fall issue, 2014 ?

  • First Taste of Summer: My latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

      The Torne Valley Vineyard occupies a former estate that overlooks the Ramapo River. It offers lunch and outdoor seating. We’ve tried to dine there since Father’s Day. Now, we sit at a table for six, just off the tented patio. The band Hip Replacements—whose members’ average age exemplifies the tongue-in-cheek name—play “California Dreaming.” Several…