Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • “chirping crickets…” a #tanka (9/15/21)

    9/15/21: web chirping cricketsas mosquitos swarmthe deck“what a tangled web we weave”our son’s change of plans #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (September 15, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 秋天に流れのおそき雲ばかり   星野高士 shûten ni nagare no osoki kumo bakari ??????????? autumn sky ??????????? only the clouds ??????????? floating slowly ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Takashi Hoshino from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • Tanka by Debbie Strange

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: snow whirls outside the henhouse . . . father cups my hands around a warm brown egg       by Debbie Strange (Canada) 3rd Place Fleeting Words Tanka Competition, 2018  

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    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: redecoratingafter the divorcethe paintbrush dripswild strawberry Vanessa Proctor

  • My Daily #Haiku (9/15/21)

    9/15/21: coin lost coina frantic searchin vain #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • How I Wonder

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: almost autumn –nothing really twinkles butstars . . . and eyes —— © Steve Mitchell 2021

  • early morning

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: early morninglight on an old paintingin a new place And I remember an older poem. rearrangingart on the wallscards, and small giftsfrom friendsI see them anew? Photo by Oksana Abramova on Pexels.com Photo by Helen on Pexels.com

  • The path that once was ~ American Sentence

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: The path that once was is no longer, yet it was always meant to be. This American sentence was inspired by the photo, taken by a friend, Bruce Anderson.The location is in the Northern Sonoran Desert near the base of the Catalina Mountains,near Tucson Arizona. (Click image for larger view in…