Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • #SilentSunday (3/12/23)

    A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

  • Momentary Mindfulness

    The tenital hum in my ears, and the electric drone behind the walls. The ignited engine of a postal truck, and the first notes of a sparrow’s song. And the rain-soaked ground where they predicted snow would fall. The warmth in my gut, and the flow of vibration down my spine. The cooling along my…

  • sporadic visit (Troibun) Daily Moments

    Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: How I miss her nudging me…those sporadic visits. Going for a walk, I would feel the hints of a verse, a word…a perfect moment whispering to me. My mind always wanders…so hard to be mindful because my eyes see one thing for a moment and then she takes…

  • 3.11.23 dream haiku

    Originally posted on Basho and Jung: watching the mating danceyour eyes flutter toward meand away

  • spying

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: peck, pick, peck?watching the girl watching?the pigeons

  • “glistening…” a #tanka (3/11/23)

    3/11/23: prompt-free glistening on a bare branch raindrops the forecast snow didn’t come #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • Tanka Society of America (3)

    Originally posted on Whispers of the Soul: Grateful dear Susan Burch for sharing my published tanka on the Facebook Page of Tanka Society of Tanka Society of America. 7 tanka in 7 days: Day 3 Grateful to Susan Constable, Tanka Editor, Cattails for giving it life.

  • Grace

    Originally posted on Poems From Psalms And Nature: What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? Daily writing prompt Grace was my mother’s mother. cross-stitch from thegrandmother I didn’t meet:“Put the coffee on” Published by: Parnassus Literary Journal?(2004) Ellen Olinger – Three Questions (haiku series edited by Curtis Dunlap). My haiku was…