Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • “Who Am I?” -a #haibun

    I am Chuang Chou dreaming he is a butterfly. I am the butterfly dreaming he is Chuang Chou. I am the dream of Chuang Chou and butterfly being each other. I am the complement between them. I am the Way you can’t go, the Name you can’t say. I am the unnamed origin of Heaven…

  • Daily Haiku: July 17, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: cool cave in France paintings of bulls and deer older than God       by Howard Lee Kilby (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. XXVI, No. 3, Fall, 1995

  • World Haiku Series 2019 (160) Haiku by Richa Sharma

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2019 (160) Haiku by Richa Sharma ? Teashop — nibbling the belly laughs cold dusk ? Asahi Haikuist Network ? 喫茶店 かじって食べて笑う 冷たい夕暮れ ? summer rue – sparrow eggs fall as curtain unrolls ? My Haiku Pond ? 夏の悲しみ すずめの卵が落ちる カーテンが広がるにつれて ? understanding his sermon…

  • Unawares

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: summer and I clench —- © Steve Mitchell 2020

  • “tossed sheet…” a #tanka (7/17/20)

    7/17/20: PROMPT: sleeplessness tossed sheets the rambling thoughts and sensations up and down constantly on those insomnial nights #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daybreak

    Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: Special Feature – Daily Haiku daybreak…I drink tea facingthe hill’s silence note: I get rejuvenated when I go to the hills. What else you need when you have a cup of tea and a bench to sit on, and watch the silence of a hill? K Ramesh Until the book launch…

  • Longing

    Originally posted on Magical Mystical Teacher: Amid the sparse vegetation of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California, a lone tree stands out. ? Triple-digit day— a tree in the wilderness longs for winter’s rains. ? Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher ? ? More SkyWatch Friday ? More Haiku My Heart at…

  • fruit picking

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: setting sunsoft orange of the gardenplums