Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Newspaper haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: My haiku in the haiku section of The South Wales Evening Post of 4-08-2021. My thanks to the haiku editor James Young. lake moon the light breath of the hills © A.M.

  • ripening

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: lingering kiss  of summer blushing plums

  • hummingbird travels

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: hummingbird travelsa row of hosta plantsand stops bythe red begoniaearly August Photo by Bryce Carithers on Pexels.com

  • Align and Adjust in August

    Originally posted on mehflowers: Last August I wound cucumber vines and succored tomatoes. I stocked the freezer with wild blueberries from the high bushes. I trampled the morning dew and walked in every morning sun. That was last August. Now I wave from my window, she knows I am here. One mislabeled tomato plant sits…

  • Today’s Haiku (August 4, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ひとすぢの流るる汗も言葉なり  鷹羽狩行 hitosuji no nagaruru ase mo kotoba nari ??????????? sweat running ??????????? in a straight line ??????????? is a word, too ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Shugyo Takaha from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

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    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: high countrygolden poplarslight the landscape Carol Reynolds Marietta McGregor

  • “leaving…” a #tanka/#kyoka (8/4/21)

    8/4/21: prompt-free leavingfor a hikewithout waterthe latest follyof an 18-year-old #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Lemonade In August ~ haibun

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: Lemonade In August This late summer month, when the wind seldom gusts and the heat clings to the skin with an air of resignation, the knowledge that its persistence will not last, this month was your favorite. In your retirement you spent more time outdoors than in, as you gardened, tended…