Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Daily Haiku: Feb. 22, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: midday heat slipping into the darkness of the cathedral by Bob Lucky  (Saudi Arabia) Acorn, No. 39, Fall 2017 ?

  • stars enter

    stars enter

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: The lamp once out Cool stars enter The window frame. – Natsume Soseki ? Art by Takahashi Shotei

  • Their Awakened Voice: A #Tanka Tuesday-on-a-Wednesday #tankaprose…#haiku #haibun #poetry

    Alan Alvarez, Independent Florida Alligator   Their Awakened Voice   rising from the dust another generation speaks truth to power from where else will progress come than those that struggle to change?   Young high-schoolers saw their friends die. They aged beyond the years in heartbeats measured against the scatter of automatic fire. But they…

  • #nahaiwrimo #3 (2/21/18) #haiku

    windchime dusk — “the space between the wicked lies you tell…” repeating   #HaikuChallenge (between) #nahaiwrimo #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #DaveMatthewsBand

  • Reach

    Originally posted on haiku tree: a thousand thoughts each with a star I can’t reach ?

  • poetry and persimmons

    poetry and persimmons

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: Consider me As one who loved poetry And persimmons. – Masaoka Shiki ? Art by Shibata Zeshin

  • delayed appearance

    Originally posted on Ontheland: now it comes out, as it slinks lower in the west ~ A dreary day ended with blazing sunset. ©2018 Ontheland

  • In the Wind – #Tanka

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: a shift in the wind signaling new steps forward – hope in young voices rising above placations, now, time for speeches is up Pat R 2/20/18 For Colleens Weekly Tanka Tuesday Where the prompt words are synonyms of ‘Breakthrough & Movement’. I used : Steps forward & Signal ?…