Frank J. Tassone

Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • The Texture of Beige

    Originally posted on tnkerr-Writing Prompts and Practice: Haibun The smell of petroleum product permeates the cool clear air. Fluids drain from the overturned automobile to the worn surface of the track on which it lies. The driver is unnaturally silent and still. Wildlife gives a wide berth to the scene. Tonight the rains will come…

  • Glow

    Originally posted on haiku tree: a dim sunset darkens cobbled streets pub lights glow ?

  • Daily Haiku: Dec. 29, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: missing you— windows rattle with the wind by Ce Rosenow  (USA) Author of North Lake ?

  • the temple is chill

    the temple is chill

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 寺寒く樒はみこぼす鼠かな tera samuku shikimi hamikobosu nezumi kana The temple’s so chill That gnawing on the star anise Are the mice. -Yosa Buson ? Art by Tsuchiya Koitsu, ” Snow at Nezu Shrine”

  • #Throwdown Thursday (12/28/17): My latest on .@ImageCurve #haibun #haiku #poetry

    A Missed Invitation Mira and two of her nieces are outside. I stepped into Mom’s bedroom. She sat at her desk. The TV beside her played a Law and Order rerun. Her hair rested unbrushed and straight. She wore her house outfit: black slacks, with a causal navy-blue button-down blouse. “How would you like to…

  • Winter static … (one line haiku)

    Originally posted on A Poet in Time: ? A one-line haiku published in Acorn, A Journal of Contemporary Haiku, #39, Fall 2017 ~ winter static   the crackle of your silence ? ~ ?

  • Chocolate Senryu Troiku Poetry

    Originally posted on Ramblings of a Writer: Chocolate  Senryu Troiku Poetry Photo Credit chocolate loved by most a treat rich tasty mouth full a special occasion a treat rich tasty mouth full how did the middle get there men caught in the act a special occasion but who’s fingers touch it last was it yours…

  • White Poppy (Tan Renga)

    White Poppy (Tan Renga)

    Originally posted on Smell The Coffee: white poppy it must have bloomed from a wintry shower [Bashō] but brings her little comfort her soul aches for her lover [V.Zems] Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1337-Tan Renga Challenge A Tan Renga is a short chained poem written by two poets. The first poet gives the “hokku” or “starting…