Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • How to Write Haibun (Haiku Prose)

    Originally posted on Alexis Rotella's Blog: Haibun is becoming a more popular Japanese form in English. It’s no doubt the most difficult to master and even those who have been writing haibun for years still find the practice daunting. A haibun has three parts: the title (which shouldn’t give away the story), the actual prose,…

  • afterwards – – senryu

    Originally posted on Ontheland: afterwards the comfort of two small dogs beside me . . ©️2020 Ontheland

  • World Haiku Series 2019 (118) Haiku by Marta Chocilowska

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2019 (118) Haiku by Marta Chocilowska ? night drive . . . silvered arms of trees and Chopin’s nocturne ? 夜のドライブ… 木々の銀色の大枝 そしてショパンの夜想曲 ? musing . . . a cry from the riverside tears the fog ? 黙想… 川辺からの叫び 霧を引き裂く ? chirps everywhere a street…

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/19/20)

    5/19/20: brunt open petals …what will take the brunt ofthe coming storm? #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • exercises

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: lockdown pressupspushingthe world away

  • Daily Haiku: May 19, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: May sunrise a few more flowers on the Christmas cactus   by Ellen Grace Olinger (USA) https://ellenolinger.wordpress.com/

  • Tanka: Wings of a Cormorant

    Tanka: Wings of a Cormorant

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (5/19/20): Xenia Trans’ latest #tanka!

  • Today’s Haiku (May 18, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 婚と葬家にかさなる聖五月  角川源義 kon to sô ie ni kasanaru seigogatsu             a wedding and a funeral             one after another at home             holy may                                                 Genyoshi Kadokawa from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo