Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • World Haiku Series 2019 (199) Haiku by Xenia Tran

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2019 (199) Haiku by Xenia Tran ? blossom haze spring is passing before our eyes ? – from Between Heather and Grass – Poems Filled with Love, Hope and Whippets by Xenia Tran (Nairn, UK: Holistic Linguistics, 2019) ? 花のもや 春が過ぎて行く 目の前で ? light rain…

  • Originally posted on This Lust My Ceaseless Koan: weight of the world shifting my step to miss a pill bug

  • Today’s Haiku (September 10, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): うすうすと稲の花咲く黄泉の道   飯島晴子 usuusu to ine no hana saku yomi no michi pale… pale… rice flowers blossoming on a road in Hades                                                 Haruko Iijima from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Haruko Iijima (1921-2000)  ‘ine no hana’ (rice flower) is an…

  • #Haiku: Remaining Heat

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: Image by skeeze from Pixabay summer heat lingersinto fading sunlight hours-horned owl hunts for prey Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #155 Remaining Heat

  • “Kitsune…” a #tanka (9/9/20)

    9/9/20: fox transformations Kitsunecaught in the light ofa full moonwhy do you promisefaux transformations #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: Sept. 9, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: feral cat? the cardinal’s last song? caught in your throat by Donna Bauerly (USA) Donna Bauerly is Professor Emeritus of Loras College and the author of? Raymond Roseliep: Man of Art Who Loves The Rose. This title was published by The Haiku Foundation in 2015.

  • body heat

    body heat

    Originally posted on Tina Stewart Brakebill: honeyfuggle me sing bon mots about mon coeur melt my resistance? whisper words sweet like sugar until I’m bound by your spell Photo by Enrique Zafra on Pexels.com Thanks to?the WOTD Challenge for teaching me a new word (honeyfuggle) and to?Frank’s haiku challenge for inspiring me one more time!

  • My Daily #Haiku (9/9/20)

    9/9/20: bedroom slippers morning light…appearing in my slippersa new hole #haiku #micropoetry #poetry