Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Tanka

    Originally posted on Bending moments: scribbling poems in my notebook I lean into the warmth of my dog * on my windowsill the carmine beauty of geraniums eases me into another humdrum day — Red Lights Vol. 17, No 1, January 2021

  • Lullaby in MacQueens Quinterly

    Originally posted on Stella Pierides: My heartfelt thanks to editor Clare MacQueen for publishing this haibunin issue 7 of MacQueen’s Quinterly. It had originally appeared in theWales Haiku Journal. Lullaby It’s at its loudest in the early morning hours. Before light dissolves darkness, before the neighbour leaves for work, before the birds start singing, his…

  • Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: in sync with the rain bodies slumber

  • Today’s Haiku (March 24, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 大脳のつづきに菫野がありぬ  山田露結 dainô no tsuzuki ni sumire-no ga arinu ??????????? after cerebrum ??????????? there is a field ??????????? of violets ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Roketsu Yamada from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017? Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

  • Haiku by Douglass Rankin

    Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: first columbine leaves doll-sized plates serving portions of early spring snow

  • solitude

    Originally posted on petrujviljoen: dreaming beingthe silent flightof the nightjar

  • “by day…” a #tanka (3/24/21)

    3/24/21: art of Toti O’Brien by daya harmless lookingChinese Mapleby nighta trio of gangsters #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Dearth of Cherries

    Originally posted on the other bunny: ‘It’s just a bowl’ ‘You’ve left a stain’ ‘No  no. It’s part of the glaze’ ‘I told you. Go and wash it up again’ convex within concave a crack in her lifeline Diana Webb