Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • How Indeed

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: poet moon – how can he write all full of wine —- © Steve Mitchell 2021

  • “twilight…” a #tanka (1/18/21)

    1/18/21: inspiration–late walk silhouettes of trees twilightthe silhouttes of treesthis winter evethe aching muscles afterthe five-mile hike #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • THE SKUNK APE

    Originally posted on the other bunny: Hidden eyes discern Nostrils better interpret Human decay Beyond the quarry’s boulders, Heavy as any burden, Trees weed upward, all gnarled, Hollow knot holes filled with darkness, Open mouths forever silently screaming, Shadows harboring sentient eyes, Glowing gold . . . Ghosts float past an autumn-tainted moon. Distant Mack…

  • Twilight

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Barbara Kaufmann’s latest #haiga appears in Failed Haiku!

  • Today’s Haiku (January 18, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 水鳥や夕日きえゆく風の中   久保田万太郎 mizutori ya yûhi kieyuku kaze no naka ??????????? water birds— ??????????? the evening sun disappearing ??????????? in the wind ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Mantaro Kubota from “Haiku Saijiki” electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018 Fay’s Note:? Mantaro Kubota (1889-1963)??…

  • My Daily #Haiku (1/18/21)

    1/18/21: shallow(s) and valley sunlight dappled lawnstaying in the shallow endof my thoughts mountain sunsetthe Ramapo Valleyin twilight #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku Sequence by Renée Owen

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog:   So Much of Life                                  making art at your bedside the vibrancy of blue     faint footprints all I love in shadows   each breath I hold for you shavasana   your old quilt— sleeping with the stars between us   sweat bees must I give…

  • Haibun: Wild and Blue

    Haibun: Wild and Blue

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun!