Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Inca Beginnings

    Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: the shadow of wings high above the mountainside ripples in maize fields Kim M. Russell, 17th May 2018 Image found on Peru Travel My response to Carpe Diem #1434 Cusco … first “contact” with the Inca Empire On our train journey into the high mountains of the Andes,…

  • 5.16 (dj) haikai 33/ harusame (iii) – Daily Jewels by Jules

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (5/17/18): Jules’ #renga soliloquy for my current #haikai challenge! 5.16 (dj) haikai 33/ harusame (iii) MAY 16, 2018 ~ JULES harusame (iii solo renga) north wind howling strong ripping, splattering, sailing maple seeds like nails followed by lightning heavy dark rains – and fallen tree limbs another spring day altered by an…

  • Steller Joy: A #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #tankaprose (5/16/18)

      “Mary, full of grace,” so did the angel proclaim But what victory did you contemplate gazing upon the milky way?   Is there a moment more sublime? Lao Tzu counseled those troubled at heart, whom thought the universe agitated, to look out at the stars. I followed his advice many nights. Too often, I strained…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (5/16/18)

    sudden rain the trip home from Queens with every truck #haikuchallenge (trip) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (May 16, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): オルガンの残響の奥五月憂し  田口茉於 orugan no zankyô no oku gogatsu ushi deep inside of organ’s reverberation… melancholic May                                                 Mao Taguchi from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), November 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

  • Nightmare

    Originally posted on haiku tree: 3 a.m. a nightmare I can’t recall fades ?

  • My haiku Pond

    Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: I’m really honored to appear once again in My Haiku Pond. Thank you so much to editors Michael Smeer andJim Krotzman https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1713660858720429&id=922982794454910

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/16/18)

    5/16/18: down after the storm … Kaleo’s “Way Down” plays again #haiku #micropoetry #poetry