Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Death Scene–Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge

    Originally posted on Victoria C. Slotto, Author: Death Scene Written and linked to Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge.  This week’s challenge is CROW. The story is true. My Irish mother always claimed that the black bird was a sign of death. I used that as a theme in my novel: “The Sin of His Father.” ?…

  • contrast light and dark

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: contrast light and dark baring truths as they appear recognize wisdom consider both near and far with an eye to the present Frank Tassone’s Winter Storm Challenge Image source: goodfreephotos.com

  • (s) haikai Challenge/ ego, id, superego; raven (1.27)

    #Haiku Happenings #10: Jules latest haiku sequence for my current #Haikai challenge! via (s) haikai Challenge/ ego, id, superego; raven (1.27)

  • Haikai Challenge #18 Crow

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: #Haikai Challenge #18 (1/27/18): Raven #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga I. across the snowy field the sound of a lone crow floats – coldness overwhelms II. silent neighborhood – distant crows break the silence – cold and still today

  • Today’s Haiku (January 27, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 冬薔薇我が身の主は我ならず  江渡華子 fuyusôbi wagami no nushi wa ware narazu             winter rose             I am not the owner             of myself                                                 Hanako Eto from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, June 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo ?

  • #Haikai Challenge #18 (1/27/18): Raven #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga

    unsplash-logoTyler Quiring   You soared to new heights with last week’s kigo! We had a record number of submissions to the hawk #haikai challenge! A special shout-out to Jane Dougherty for her record-high seven hawk haiku in a single week! 🙂   Here are your haikai:   Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty 2. Reena…

  • #Publication Alert (1/27/18)…”Fresh snow…” #haiku #poetry

    Happy to be featured today at My Haiku Pond!   fresh snow a young hunter lowers his rifile   for Johnny Baranski   https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMyHaikuPond%2Fposts%2F1610427742377075&width=500

  • Haiku – Winter Hawks

    Originally posted on qbit: Winter hawks its wares Ice and cold flash their talons – Snowbirds fleeing south ? ? For Frank’s Haikai Challenge