Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • “even as her…” a #tanka (5/27/20)

    5/27/20: prompt-free even as her tape measure rattles … constant birdsongs after a morning of sitting this soar back remains #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Disappear

    Originally posted on haiku tree: dry leaves scatter on the sidewalk and disappear ?

  • Today’s Haiku (May 27, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 駝鳥は天に忘れものして南吹く   大石雄鬼 dachô wa ten ni wasuremono shite minami fuku             ostrich forgot             a thing in heaven             south wind blows                                                 Yuuki Ohishi from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, September 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  ‘minami’ or ‘minamikaze’ (wind from…

  • Haibun: The Mermaid

    Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: This Haibun is from ‘Memories of a Rotten Childhood” not yet published Haibun: The Mermaid ? The ‘50’s was a time of Mickie Mantle vs. Marilyn Monroe, Better Red than Dead, or Dead than Red, confusing for children as we didn’t understand ‘why’ we were to change color.  The…

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/27/20)

    5/27/20: marble “wine-dark sea…”a slip onAthenian marble #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • homewards

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: evening motorwayquiet lanesof clouds

  • meadows – – haibun

    Originally posted on Ontheland: In their later years some people look back to recall happy times … they savour the ‘meadows’ of their lives. Though I have positive memories, my recollections hold more greys and browns than the brighter yellows, pinks and blues of a meadow. And now . . . I enjoy buttercups, a…

  • Daily Haiku: May 27, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: leading the wayflowers in mybicycle basket by Lynne Jambor (Canada)