Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Haiku Demystified – Where do you get ideas?

    Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: Where does Haiku come from? Rohini Gupta A question often asked is, where do you get your ideas? Where does a haiku come from? How do you manage to keep writing? Those who are new to haiku may wonder what to write about. Those who write a lot can reach…

  • the flutter of wings – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: high octane days the flutter of wings and sweet nectar ©️2021 Ontheland

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/4/21)

    8/4/21: fog morning fogsuddenly appearinga doe and fawn #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • August: haibun for dVerse

    Originally posted on Sarah writes poems: August begins and ends with a public holiday. It’s a month of dreams and disappointments. August smells of hot fat and seaweed. It tastes of vanilla, woodsmoke and cheese sandwiches. August drips ice-cream, sits in traffic jams, laughs loudly. August plays the neon muzak in the amusement arcade, clamours…

  • Failed haiku, issue 68

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: reminders listwhere the f#%@I put it? writing againa new haiku …always the same Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo https://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue68.pdf

  • August garden

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: a few dayliliesand hosta flowersplants beginto rest red geraniumblooms in the gardenand still grows This is the geranium we bought from Windmill Gardens in Cedar Grove; small red geranium is our post from May 13, 2021. I looked at their Facebook page?and they are “Closed for the Season.”…

  • “relaxing music…” a #tanka (8/3/21)

    8/3/21: unprompted relaxing musicthe chi from her handsflowingamid cicada cracklinga lone birdsong #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Effort

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Reena Saxena’s latest #tanka!