Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Oven-ready tanka

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: heat slams like an oven door contents bubbling scattering brilliance on unshaded grass—scorching

  • Today’s Haiku (August 20, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 新涼の星や死者にも朝が来て すずき巴里 shinryô no hoshi ya shisha nimo asa ga kite             early autumn coolness             on this planet—             morning comes to the dead, too                                                 Pari Suzuki from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

  • Ultimate Conversations: an #AmericanSentence #Haibun / #Prosery

    “Did it make a difference?” Jaimie wasn’t sure if there was a point to asking. Would Death even answer? The figure shrugged. “Does it ever?” “But it has too,” Jaimie said, “I can’t have sacrificed my life for nothing.” “No, not for nothing,” Death answered, “For time. For those whom you love.” Jaimie sighed, “When…

  • Untitled post 23916

    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: ? dusk stillness just my breath and pobblebonk song ? Elizabeth Nicholls ? ?

  • Daily Haiku: Aug. 20, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu Independence Day parade a child marches in the wrong direction by Jay Friedenberg (USA) Second Place Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Contest

  • [yellow and black]

    Originally posted on John Looks Out On Life: yellow and black dashing between the flowers honey comb

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/20/20)

    8/20/20: cave the painof leaving Plato’s cavecicadas #haiku#micropoetry#poetry

  • 2275

    Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: ant zig zaggingup my legthe august itch