Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Imagine my surprise … (tanka/kyoka)

    Originally posted on A Poet in Time:   Prune Juice, Journal of Senryu, Kyoka, Haibun & Haiga Issue #30, March 2020 ? ? both parents dead at sixty one – imagine my surprise the day I turned sixty-two ? ?

  • Today’s Haiku (May 20, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ティファニーは一瞥にして街新樹  大橋 晄 tifanii wa ichibetsu ni shite machi shinju Tiffany I just look at… the city of new greens                                                 Koh  Ohashi from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

  • The Butterfly

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: A tanka in response to Frank’s fragrant breeze haikai prompt the Monarch’s domain: majestic wings are open on breeze is floating — citrus flowers perfume flight, effortless admiration Photo by Adrianna Calvo on Pexels.com

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/20/20)

    5/20/20: moot moot pointdrying in the suna wet tent #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • feels like summer

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: evening bike ride getting away from myself

  • Haiku: Lily of the Valley

    Haiku: Lily of the Valley

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Trans’ latest haiku!

  • Haiku by Barbara Robidoux

    Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: APRICOTS IN FULL BLOOM ALONG AGUA FRIA ROAD FAINT SCENT OF SKUNK RAIN CLOUDS OVER THE BARRANCAS THE LEOPARD FROG SINGS UNDER A FULL MOON BIRCHES BENT WITH SNOW SHE STIRS SORROW INTO THE SOUP

  • Predation: a #Quadrille #TankaProse

    When did you imagine that the world revolved around you? Did it take a stray strand of rogue gene to prove otherwise? How utterly predictable of you! a glimpse of pitiable reptillian indifference … we can only blame ourselves for the fix that we’re in for Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 178…