Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Following Matsuo Basho

    Following Matsuo Basho

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Luna presents haiku by Wiesław Karliński alias Wilhelm Karud! LUNA willow catkins in the evening wind notes of Chopin * a harvest soon miller’s wife washes white shirts * lazy afternoon unpunished mosquito on my foot * agave flower in a gardener’s notebook last entry * rural alehouse over a poor beer…

  • Haiku on a photo

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? secret garden the heart a cactus flower ? giardino segreto il cuore un fiore di cactus ? © A.M. © Photo Beatrice Orsini

  • #Haikai Challenge #142 (6/7/20): firefly, lightning bug (hotaru) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (6/12/20): Tessa Dean’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • That Black Trench Coat: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    The late 1910s. Grandpa Vuolo wore it on those cold days when he looked for work. It was black wool, fine as camel hair, with a raised collar and large button; the coat easily reached his knees. It also had a curious angle pocket near the left collar. Many days he would brush the falling…

  • Suspect Device Zine, 2020

    Originally posted on My Inner Voice: republished acid (ra)in (c)hang(i)ng the (s)oil co(m)position First published in The Haiku Foundation- haiku dialogue, social issues, November 2019————– asymptomatic his words that I can’t breath The first issue of Suspect Device Zine by Dr Tim Gardiner

  • World Haiku Series 2019 (135) Haiku by Neelam Dadhwal

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2019 (135) Haiku by Neelam Dadhwal ? willow’s bush – the enveloping air humming the birdsong ? 柳の茂み 包み込む空気 鳥のさえずりをハミング ? lilies in a pond after a long while, I smile at owns reflection ? 池のスイレン 久しぶりに 自分の映った影に微笑む ? blooming dahlias by the winter sun,…

  • the calm after the storm

    Originally posted on like mercury colliding…: the calm after the storm after the rain earth shimmers green leaves dance on the breeze wisps of my hair toss a flutter as I breathe in the calm ~kat A Gogyohka for today. What a lovely day it is! Peace to you! ❤️

  • “a speaker’s eyes…” a #tanka (6/11/20)

    6/11/20: 45 PROMPT solidarity a speaker’s eyes tearing as she addresses a park-filled protest eight minutes, forty-six seconds still changing the world #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeLloydProtests