Author: Frank J. Tassone
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A Palisades Park Hike: a #tanka-prose
Stateline Lookout, in Palisades Interstate Park. An old state road runs along the top of the Palisades overlooking the western shore of the Hudson River. Five-hundred feet above the water, the views extend from the new Tappan Zee bridge to the edge of the Bronx. Our two-mile loop hike–following a trail down the cliffs to…
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Daily Haiku: July 18, 2020
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: trough drunk dry the cattle leave no more reflection by LeRoy Gorman (Canada) Modern Haiku, Vol. XXVI, No. 3, Fall, 1995
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The Silence
Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: Special Feature – Daily Haiku This is the last one. Do join us at the Book Launch on Sunday. the silenceas we drink the morning tea…mother’s wrinkled hands note: Homecoming! On some mornings, you find yourself sitting next to your mother drinking tea. She has understood the exact taste I like,…
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Lockdown
Originally posted on Nicole Hague-Andrews: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/img_20200718_103646.jpg Haibun Altered/sketch book
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My Daily #Haiku (7/18/20)
7/18/20: hunger another scorcher —a still unsatisfiedhunger for justice #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #BlackLivesMatter
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#Haikai Challenge 147: smoldering [hot] (moyuru) — The sound of heat
Originally posted on Tao-Talk: Walker’s Cicada ? ? Ditches dry, frogs hide; heat sings as cicadas wake – wind sighs through willows. ? ? This is a second offering for the prompt, based on another happening this week. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem…
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Christine Bolton’s Extinguished – A Tanka – Poetry For Healing
#Haiku Happenings #2: Christine Bolton’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge! Extinguished — Beaded sweat gathersin pools of salty dropletson smoldering earthHere in the valley of deathwhere known life evaporates https://poetryforhealing.com/2020/07/17/extinguished-a-tanka/
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#Haiku: Smoldering
Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/oasis-2335767_1280.jpg air rippling with heat- in the distance, a mirage water illusion Frank J. Tassone Hakai Challenge #147 Smoldering
