Frank J. Tassone

Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • The Path of Interior Silence: A Haibun Lenten Reflection (Encore)

    The later-afternoon sky fills with cirrus clouds again. The expected snow has not yet arrived, but my rheumatic joints inform me that it’s only a matter of time. That will mean yet another turn at the snow-thrower, gripping it tightly as it skids on ice, while it hurls fresh snowfall off our driveway. My arms…

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/1/21)

    3/1/21: fault line first starsnewlyweds discovertheir first fault line #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haibun for a sick world

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: We care nothing for foreign wars, Ebola, infantile diarrhoea, destruction of forests, burning continents. Who even remembers ‘our girls’, or the women and children drowned in a locked Zara sweat shop making cheap clothes for us to wear once, twice, and throw away? We are content to send thoughts…

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    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: a alpine farmsteadevery window’sthousand-yard stare a Marietta McGregor   Marietta McGregor

  • Today’s Haiku (March 1, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 三月やサラダに散らすアーモンド　　　高橋悦男 sangatsu ya sarada ni chirasu aamondo ??????????? March— ??????????? I sprinkle almond ??????????? over the salad ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Etsuo Takahashi from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • Roadstroller

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: short shadows – no particular place at all —- © Steve Mitchell 2021

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    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: a mountain hutwe beat the silenceat uno a Nathan Sidney   Andrew Reeves

  • Today’s Haiku (February 28, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): クレソンやおほかた丸き洋食器　　中川和子 kureson ya ôkata maruki yôshokki ??????????? watercress— ??????????? most of western dishes ??????????? have round shapes ??????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Kazuko Nakagawa from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:? ‘kureson’ (watercress) is a spring kigo.