Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Tanka # 201

    Originally posted on Rooted in Love: Five yearsafter her deathmy sister’s birthdaycomes ladenwith spring rain

  • “still sitting…” a #senryu (5/9/20)

    still sitting …another black manlynched #senryu #AmhaudArbery #JusticeForAhmaud #whiteprivilege

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/9/20)

    5/9/20: cobweb NY Pausestill on his dustercobwebs #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus

  • Per Ida – For Ida

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? La mia mamma (14-07-1913 +09-05-1992) sentiero di nubi soltanto nei mei sogni vivi ancora ? clouds path only in my  dreams you still live ? Anna Maria

  • haiku: hide-and-seek…

    Originally posted on Haiku For Living: ? . ? hide-and-seek peeping through long grass the children ? ? ? ? ? .

  • One in French

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: lentement du jour au crépuscule . . . la fragrance des lilas slowly day to dusk . . . fragrance of lilacs Published in the French/English haiku database Temps Libres (http://tempslibres.org/tl/tlphp/dbhk01.php?auteur=wate-b&lg=e), May 2020. Translation by Serge Tomé.  *    *    *    *

  • “cold rain…” a #tanka (5/8/20)

    5/8/20: Amabie – protection from pestilence cold rain again the crushing pain in the joints where is our bronze serpent, our COVID-ic amabie? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus

  • May moon – – haibun

    Originally posted on Ontheland: Back in my twenties I wasn’t attuned to the moon and seasons as I am now. My observations, if any, were unconscious, while closer to the surface were my preoccupations with school, work, and relationships. I do have one memory though of considering seasonal patterns as I paced the long road…