Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • “mist…” a #tanka (7/24/20)

    7/24/20: prompt — feeling calm Mistacross our facesat Middle Fallssavoring each breathof fresh air #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/24/20)

    7/24/20: Faith Faith as smallas a mustard seed …waterfall #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • HSA Meeting: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    The Haiku Society of America’s NYC Metro chapter hosted the Society’s National Meeting. Held in a modest community room of a local West Village Arts center, perhaps 22 people gathered in the space. Forty chairs had been set in a twin series of rows flanking an aisle. Track lighting illuminated a performance space at the…

  • Today’s Haiku (July 23, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 暑きこと生き抜くことに似たるかな  吉田星子 atsuki koto ikinuku koto ni nitaru kana             being hot…             it resembles             surviving                                     Seiko Yoshida from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

  • gogyohka for discomfort

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: ? heat drips on the back of the skull like venom and no Sigyn to catch it in a cup ?

  • Haiku: At the Lake

    Originally posted on mishunderstood: ? blankets of blues summer in sapphire and teal I breathe between hues ? ? seven ride the waves still nuzzled in mother’s wing paddling seasons past ? ? gliding on thermals freedom to speak or squawk while clouds only whisper ? ? ? It is Open Link Night at dVerse…

  • “a trembling leaf…” a #tanka (7/23/20)

    7/23/20: PROMPT — Loving acts take away fear a trembling leaf falls in the latest summer wind a girl’s steady hand places a flower in a gun #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku: Faith is a Forked Path

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Al Gallia’s latest #haibun! Searching for Serendipity ©️haiku by Al W Gallia; photo by Teresa Richardson A quiet walkabout in the woods, along a stream, or even in a garden is a necessity for me. With the stresses and anxieties of our world, seemingly always in constant turmoil, I often search for…