Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Today’s Haiku (June 23, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): マネキンの唇開けてゐる梅雨の底   中村 遥 manekin no kuchi aketeiru tsuyu no soko             a mannequin             with an open mouth…             plum rains’ bottom                                                             Haruka Nakamura from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, January 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • solstice

    Originally posted on K.: shapeshifting through time in light laid bare by absence a clash of silence For Frank Tassone’s #haikai challenge #144, solstice.

  • #Haikai Challenge #144 (6/20/20): Solstice I (Summer/Winter) Midsummer (manastu) / Midwinter (mafuyu) #Haiku

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Tessa’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • nd 6.21 mid-day manastsu 1p – Jules Pens Some Gems…

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #Haikai challenge! mid-day manastsu(solo renga) harvesting sunshinebetween the trees around thelake path in the park pleasantly spotted picnicof son and his family hula hoop tossing andextra hugs; unexpecteddelightful surprise ©JP/dh https://julesinflashyfiction.wordpress.com/2020/06/21/nd-6-21-mid-day-manastsu-1p/

  • Highs & Lows

    Highs & Lows

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Dave Madden’s latest #senryu for my current #haikai challenge!

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/22/20)

    6/22/10: water crystals Summer heatwondering what they arewater crystals #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku for the longest day

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s summer solstice prompt. the longest day a day for mowing cutting the year in half ? all the golden stalks the meadow a battlefield ? the gyre narrows hawk objective probes beneath the fallen grass ? how did they know before the engine’s rattle that death…

  • Peter Bouchier’s “Green light”

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Peter Bouchier’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! you’re too good for MayI am leafing through the treeswood you take me home https://peterbouchier.wordpress.com/english-essays-and-poems-2/green-light/