Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Theorems of loss

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Rajani’s latest #haibun!

  • returning cold – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: returning cold the frantic waving of cedar boughs . . ©️2021 Ontheland

  • Tanka by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Tanka     remembering my photo of Mt. Fuji rising taken from a high-speed train strengthens me in these days of confusion         by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton (USA) Honorable Mention Fifth Fujisan Taisho/ Mt. Fuji Tanka Awards  

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/2/21)

    3/2/21: earth shaking deep twilightwhen earth shakingnews arrives #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • NaHaiWriMo 2021: post script

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: Each year’s NaHaiWriMo writing prompts have a theme / gimmick. This year the writing prompts were song titles from four major music groups spanning the 1960s to the ’80s: Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, U2, and The Beatles. An interesting challenge! Using social media likes as an informal poll,…

  • Wales Haiku Journal, 2021

    Originally posted on My Inner Voice: Black Wings? wind through rafters the pressing burden of a secret JH written on the wall the pain of love HA storm light buffing the cloud base? nail marks in her palms JH blurred trails intertwine with self-imposed isolation HA north wind lines of black stubble over fields of…

  • Today’s Haiku (March 2, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 雨吸つて蜂の骸のふくらみぬ   今井 聖 ame sutte hachi no mukuro no fukuraminu ??????????? breathing in rain ??????????? a bee’s corpse ??????????? swallows ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Sei Imai from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • PSA: The Next #Haikai Challenge

    I expect to have the next #Haikai Challenge (a triple-header) out this Saturday, March 6, 2021. Expect it when you see it! rising wind the haikai we’ll soon share