Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Sweetness in the air

    Sweetness in the air

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Eugenia’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • on memory’s wind

    Originally posted on K.: ghosts of lilacs shimmer with butterflies ambrosial For Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #139 fragrant breeze.

  • “a sea of stars…” a #tanka (5/21/20)

    5/21/20: unprompted a sea of stars obscured by clouds and yet I still hope #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • 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