Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Minnewaska March

    We hit the road for Minnewaska State Park Preserve, in the Shawangunk Mountains outside New Paltz, NY, by 7:30. Arriving just before 9:00, we join the fortunate, 50%-of-park-capacity visitors admitted before the gates close. Of course, since park personnel direct us to the Awosting Falls parking lot, we face a mile ascent up the Sunset…

  • COMMUTING BEGGAR

    Originally posted on the other bunny: A battered, straggle-haired man, blazoned blue with tatts, boards our free city-loop bus. Eyes on high beam, facing the long, rubbered aisle, he searches for an empty seat. Feet stutter up the centre. A forefinger touches, wraps hard about a post, keeping his body still against the vehicle’s jerking.…

  • night – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: night visitation the brown domes of beetles on the window screen . . ©️2020 Ontheland With the sudden heat June bugs have emerged. June bug image by Brett_Hondow on Pixabay

  • Haiku by Issa

    Haiku by Issa

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Xenia Trans presents a haiku by Issa!

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/25/20)

    5/25/20: ping bullfinch song …another pingfrom Twitter #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Hello

    Originally posted on haiku tree: wind chimes whisper a gentle hello ?

  • New Ebook added

    Originally posted on WHITE SKIES: My new haiku collection “Isolation Street” added in “Books”.

  • Memorial Day

    Originally posted on K.: My mother’s cousin Paul was a pilot who was shot down and killed in WWII. She often spoke of him with admiration and affection. When my mother died, she left boxes of unidentified family photos; my aunt helped a bit with identifications, but she was much younger than her siblings, and…