Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Echoes of Flight: haiku & senryu – launch

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Lynn Reeves comments on the release of Jane Williams’ Echoes of Flight! Australian Haiku Society Jane asking the kookaburras to quieten down while she reads. On March 17th I had the privilege of launching Jane Williams’ new haiku collection, Echoes of Flight in the bushland setting of Waterworks Reserve, on a day of…

  • spring

    Originally posted on Project words: ? spring thaw so suddenly river song ? ? ?

  • Haiga, Haiku & #29: Writer Stories & March NaHaiWriMo 2018

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * mystery hunger growing on Cape Cod a who dunnit writer * for March Prompt #29 NaHaiWriMo 3-29-2018 * Angie Werren March 29 — growing *

  • Daily Haiku: March 29, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu art exhibit my abstract draws praise when turned upside down by John J. Dunphy  (USA) bottle rockets, #35, 2016 ?

  • See the Sea . . .

    Originally posted on lillian the home poet: Transplant from concrete city, hustle-bustle and blaring horns, she loves all things Bermudaful. Smitten by color red flowers peek from handlebar baskets, her rusty bicycle now a sky-blue. Today, just as every day day after day, week after week she tries to begin a letter home. Sea breezed…

  • #Wayback Wednesday (3/28/18): Dreaming Dad from Haibun Today

    Dreaming Dad You come with us to a picnic ground. Scattered cottonball clouds float across a blue summer sky. Lush, green grass feels soft under our feet. Maple and birch trees enclose the area. We sit at a weathered picnic table splintering with age. You wear your cream short-sleeve shirt, khaki shorts and those worn,…

  • Haiku del giorno -Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? Kawase Hasui(川瀬巴水) un lago scuro la notte senza luna – scrosci di pioggia   a dark lake the moonless night – pounding rain   © A.M.

  • Spring Magic: Tanka Tuesday

    Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: She dreams of springtime sunshine kissing seeds and buds, a season of hope ensorcells her once again to drift with cherry blossoms ? John William Waterhouse, “Windswept,” [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons ? This is for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday—using synonyms of charm and time.