Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • World Haiku Series 2020 (58) aiku by Madhuri Pillai

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: twilight dawn the back porch lit with white cyclamen (Modern Haiku, Autumn 2020) 薄明の夜明け バックポーチが点灯 白いシクラメンと一緒に folded wheelchair mother’s shoes too big to fill (Stardust Haiku, Oct 2020) 折り畳まれた車椅子 母の靴が大きすぎる 埋めるのに pruned rose bush winter’s hush of introspection (Cattails, Oct 2020) 剪定されたバラの茂み 冬の静けさ 内省の daphne… the fragrance of…

  • “who knew…” a #tanka/#kyoka (6/30/21)

    6/30/21: unprompted who knewI would yell at them bothGod and the Devilthe domestic hazzardsof putting up curtain rods #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: June 30, 2021

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: long day from the pine barrel last glass of lemonade   by Lenard D. Moore (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, Fall, 2000

  • Haiga, Haiku & Stories Of Shoreline ~ 6-29-2021

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * sea depth between each wave i touch ground * back and forth in the sweetness of the sea my beach towel close *

  • slender buds – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: slender buds . . . a day lily opens first summer moon . . June 24, 2021 ©️2021 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #195

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/30/21)

    6/30/21: sharing the harvest heat wavethe tomatoes we’ll shareat his party #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Kat Lehmann’s news

    Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: evening newsjunipers consumethe moon Haiku Society of America Harold G. Henderson Haiku Award, Second Place (2020)— Kat Lehmann (USA) This haiku has a very effective juxtaposition. It shows us through imagery how consuming the news can be. The word “consume” has a negative connotation that implies an extreme. The juniper’s invasiveness is…

  • the QuillS, June 2021

    Originally posted on My Inner Voice: Time’s Mirage? white skies a pebble in my palm grows cool fading footprints through spins of winter fog time’s spirals the hands of the clock become a blur reflection? of my random beliefs? water mirage cast stone ripples through the statue zero gravity? I disown? my shadows John Hawkhead,…