Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Haibun: Cool Breeze

    Haibun: Cool Breeze

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun for my current #Haikai Challenge!

  • Autumn Morn

    Originally posted on Straight From My Heart: Dawn finds dewy grass. Bedecked with fallen flowers. Wrapped palms over warm tea. Copyright @ Goutam Dutta https://frankjtassone.com/2020/09/13/haikai-challenge-156-9-13-20-new-coolness-shinryoo-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/

  • #Haikai Challenge #156 (9/13/20): new coolness (shinryoo) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Cooked enough, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA2. Eugenia3. Jane Dougherty4. Goutam Dutta5. Tina Stewart Brakebill 6. willowdot217. s.s.8. Tina Stewart Brakebill9. Janice10. Xenia Tran 11. Linda Lee Lyberg12. Jules13. Revived Writer14. Christine Bolton, Poetry for Healing Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead:…

  • “Apocalypse Now” #Haibun

    “Apocalypse Now” #Haibun

    #Haiku Happenings #9: Colleen Chesebro’s latest #haibun for her own #poetry #Challenge!

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    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: Marietta McGregor ? marooned dinghy its bow pointed towards the waves ? Lyn Reeves ? ?

  • World Haiku Series 2019 (201) Haiku by Zanka Zana Boskovic Coven

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2019 (201) Haiku by Zanka Zana Boskovic Coven  ? Bare branches dancing… hedgehog wears a coat to the autumn symphony ? 裸の枝が踊っている ハリネズミがコートを着ている 秋の交響曲に合わせて ? Roots in mud flowers above the water clear as tears ? 泥の地下茎 水の上の花 涙のように澄んでいる ? Ocean dry sand Like a wave…

  • Nineteen Years Later: a 9/11 Commemorative #tankaprose

    Say their names. Nineteen years later, the pain still strikes deep. The memorial pools in the footprints of the fallen Twin Towers attract selfie-taking tourists. The names engraved in the marble counters that frame the pools appear forgotten. They aren’t Say their names. Feel the shearing of scar tissue on the hearts, as fresh grief…

  • Sound

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: a tree falls – not just we can hear a tree fall —- © Steve Mitchell 2020