Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Haiku published in Under the Basho

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno:  underthebasho.com/archives/2017-issue Domburg-Sancristoforo, Anna Maria driving rain – even the bindweed is shivering http://www.underthebasho.com/archives/2017-issue/modern-haiku/1977-domburg-sancristoforo,-anna-maria.html ? winter moon – I wear his sweater to keep me warm Presence #57, March 2017 http://www.underthebasho.com/archives/2017-issue/poets-personal-best/1965-domburg-sancristoforo,-anna-maria.html

  • Insomniac Night ~ HaikUniverse (Jan. 28, 2018)

    Originally posted on Komorebi: insomniac night – decoding the rustle of young leaves Maria Laura Valente HaikUniverse ~ a daily haiku or micro-poem, Jan. 28, 2018

  • #Tanka Tuesday (1/30/18): Looking Glass Lives–a #tankaprose…#haiku #haibun #poetry

    Photo by Mike Wilson on Unsplash   rippling pond a long search in vain for the ties that bind How much longer will you stare for the answer that won’t come?   More gray than I’d like to admit. Growing crow’s feet. Lines under my blue eyes I don’t see in myself. A sorrow in those eyes, along…

  • #Publication Alert 1/30/18 #haibun #haiku #poetry

    Happy that my latest haibun The Danger of Poetry appears in the Product Poet’s latest Paper!

  • Haibun: An Ending

    Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . corner shop man with a bag hurries home the hurtling streets ? The day of the last leaf-fall. The cold wind gusts hard and dins in the branches of the tall sycamores. The air is alive with the falling. Larger leaves dance and blow in the fitful air;…

  • Two january haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? Shimei Terajimma , ca 1915-1925 velo di luna – più profondo il silenzio dopo la pioggia hazy moon – deeper the silence after the rain *** inverno intorno – rosso di tulipani una promessa winter around – the red of the tulips a promise ? © A.M.

  • Orbits – #Tanka

    Originally posted on Trent's World (the Blog): I search for your scent Have you sought me as I you? Is our tie still strong? Sometimes I have to wonder If it is all in my mind — — This was written for Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge.  The key words today were “Bond” and “Seek”.  Following her suggestion,…

  • Haibun: When Grass Turns Gold

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun for my current #haikai challenge!