Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Creative Notes
Originally posted on Haiku Art Site: I am reviewing my archives, and these are some posts that may be of interest to new readers. Haiku and Tanka by Margarita Engle The Osprey by Merrill Ann Gonzales – a painting Two Haiku by Billie Wilson * And a few notes for other sites: Mann Library’s Daily…
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ice in his bowl
Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 筆濯ぐ應擧が鉢に氷哉 fude susugu ōkyo ga hachi ni kōri kana Rinsing his brush Ōkyo finds in his bowl Ice has formed! -Yosa Buson
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Hawk in the air
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This one, on Frank Tassone’s ‘hawk’ theme is for the great lady of letters who has just left us, flown to a better world than this. Bonne route, Ursula. ? I would be a hawk in the air and spit in winter’s eye.
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#Tanka Tuesday (1/23/18): The joys of bronchitis…#feature #haibun
Wondering why I haven’t posted anything of my own since Saturday? Well, it began as a cough. It expanded to chronic, and by Saturday I needed to cancel my performance at Rockland Poet’s January Open Mic (at least I wasn’t the feature!). Chronic became incessant by Sunday. I took off yesterday and today before…
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Fresh
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Footprints in the snow Ephemeral memories Slowly disappear The essence of the moment Fresh as a winter morning
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Empty Calabash Troiku
Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: empty calabash only shadows fill its gourd until the rain falls reflecting the fading sun the stillness of the ocean no rain clouds in sight a beggar sits in gloom a cricket for company not a drop to drink Kim M. Russell, 2018 A pet cricket and his…
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Unearthly – #Tanks #Haibun
Originally posted on Trent's World (the Blog): Unearthly I stop. I don’t mean to stare, but the apparition that’s you holds me spellbound in its unearthly beauty. You smile and say my name. I smile back, but my insides turn the jelly. Are you real? Goddess come to life Straight from the ancient stories You…
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Today’s Haiku (January 23, 2018)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 浅く乾いた冬の轍を時代とよぶ 福田若之 asaku kawaita fuyu no wadachi o jidai to yobu winter rut slightly dry I call it the times Wakayuki Fukuda from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, September 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
