Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Tanka by Valentina Ranaldi-Adams

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: red watermelon for me while yellow for you in summer year after year we choose each other     by Valentina Ranaldi-Adams (USA) Blithe Spirit, February, 2018

  • obscure moon – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: obscure moon . . . underwater a sturgeon sips the clouded depths . . ©️2020 Ontheland The August full moon is sometimes called ‘Sturgeon Moon’. The sturgeon is an ancient species of fish that is endangered in some habitats. They have many unique features such as no teeth, armour instead of…

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/6/20)

    8/6/20: farm Hiroshima Dayfalling on an abandoned farmmore black rain #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #hiroshimaDay2020

  • Haiku del giorno – Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Ninbra. tumblr.com ora di stelle — quell’odore di vento che sa di mare hour of stars — that smell of sea in the wind © A.M

  • hollering (75th anniversary of Hiroshima)

    Originally posted on K.: I hold my own hand and step into that place I don’t know and can’t see– I was always making it up, but in reaction, waiting for clues– Now I see only myself, my indecision mirroring back and making me hesitate– More than a crossroads– paths appear everywhere as the center…

  • Haibun: A Star Follows

    Haibun: A Star Follows

    #Haiku Happenings #1: Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun for my current #Haikai Challenge!

  • “storm’s aftermath, and …” a #tanka (8/5/20)

    8/5/20: unprompted storm’s aftermath, andthe multiple wheelbarrowloads of branches …so much dependson electricity #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (August 5, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 飛込みの途中たましひ遅れけり  中原道夫 tobikomi no tochû tamashii okurekeri midway of diving my soul is behind                                                 Michio Nakahara from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006