Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • #Tanka Tuesday (for a #WaybackWednesday) 5/2/18: Witness a Wild Thing

     [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons   The Wild has always called me. Out of the depths of a child’s imagination came marching a parade of derivative characters. Then the moments of rapt attention: a tricyle turned upside down:   I turned over my rusty red tricycle in the mud room. Then I spun the wheels.…

  • Today’s Haiku (May 2, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 水の面に触れては光る風となる  黛 執 mizu no mo ni furetewa hikaru kaze to naru             touching             water surface             it becomes a shiny wind                                                             Shu Mayuzumi from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, June 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • Haiku Windows

    Originally posted on Project words: ? Delighted to appear in Haiku Windows today – ? window cleaner how he follows me from room to room ? Rachel Sutcliffe Haiku Windows 02/05/18 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/05/02/haiku-windows-window-cleaner/ ?

  • Haiku: Yozakura

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: late cherry blossom yozakura evening feast renewal and hope ©2018 Linda Lee Lyberg ? Photo by Sora Sagano on Unsplash Frank J. Tassone #Hakai Challenge #31

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (5/2/18)

    flaking grout when the best we do isn’t enough #haikuchallenge (best) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Twisted

    Originally posted on haiku tree: twisted sheets your side of the bed is cold ?

  • ‘talk of war’ 28/100 #100daysnewthings

    Originally posted on Stella Pierides: apple blossom— yet in the gym showers talk of war 28/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings

  • 5.2 (dj) haikai 31/ forces

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Jules’ latest haiku sequence for my current #Haikai challenge! forces 1 with different types of effort; one faces the daily challenges 2 inner strength whispers to my ego; take off the decorated masks 3 what clout do my words have…especially if not viewed by others eyes 4 alacrity is deep within my…