Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • ‹ Dave Read Poetry ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Dave Read’s #tanka appears in Hedgerow! midwinter chill, she opens the window crawls under a blanket of stars *** ‹ Dave Read Poetry ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

  • hubbub

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: noise on this cold morning finding peace

  • My Daily #Haiku (1/23/21)

    1/23/21: stream and barn Heraclitus…I crossthe same stream twice closing the doorof an empty barnwinter day haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Tanka by Paul Beech

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: TANKA floral smock chalky she holds the new boy close wipes his terrified tears and lets him sit with the girls by Paul Beech (Wales) Poetry in the Plague Year, 2020

  • morning rush – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: morning rush through the curtain a clear winter day . . ©️2020 Ontheland

  • “a clear sky…” a #tanka (1/22/21)

    (Author’s note: I forgot to post this yesterday) 1/22/21: inspiration–uniting cultures a clear skymy bride reads a book ofRumi quotesthis intersectionof East and West #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (January 22, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 沢庵石てこでも島を出ぬ気なり   黛 執 takuan-ishi tekodemo shima o denu ki nari ??????????? stone for ‘takuan’ pickles ??????????? refuses to budge ??????????? to leave the island ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Shu Mayuzumi from “Haiku Saijiki” electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018 Fay’s Note:? ‘takuan’…

  • World Haiku Series 2020 (11) Haiku by Daniela Misso

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2020 (11) Haiku by Daniela Misso ? the silence of jasmine incense… evening shadows ? The Asahi Shimbun  Asahi Haikuist Network/David McMurray August 21, 2020 ? 沈黙 ジャスミンの香りの 夕方の影 ? bedridden –  the route of swallows  above my roof  ? Modern Haiku Volume 51.3 2020…