Frank J. Tassone

Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Fragrance of Violence

    Fragrance of Violence

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (5/18/20): Dave Madden’s latest #senryu for my current #Haikai Challenge!

  • #Haikai Challenge #139 (5/17/20): fragrant breeze (kunpuu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you enjoyed fawning around, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Revived Writer3. Li/Lisa 4. Jules5. Linda Lee Lyberg6. Eugenia 7. Janice8. Xenia Tran Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! Take a deep breath. Smell that? It’s the aroma of blossoms. It’s the scent of mint, or…

  • Completing the Chore: a .@ImageCurve #haibun

    The dishwasher hums, and the whooshing of its water drowns out the crickets. I eat my oatmeal out of Frankie’s Frosted Flakes bowl: not another clean one remains. warm aftertasteempty pill containersbeside bottles first published in Image Curve, May 14, 2020 UPDATE: for dVerse Poets’ OpenLinkNight #267 (pubtended by Grace) The Pub is open! Come…

  • Haiku del giorno – Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? © A.M. ? peonie rosa il nitore del giorno nel suo finire pink peonies the clarity of the day in its end © A.M.

  • Today’s Haiku (May 17, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 渋谷零時ガチャカプセルの中に蛇　　今井　聖 shibuya reiji gacha kapuseru no naka ni hebi             midnight in Shibuya             a snake             inside a ‘gacha’ capsule                                                             Sei Imai from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo Fay’s Note:   ‘gacha’ is a capsuled…

  • Headline Haiku: Metropolis

    Originally posted on K.: Inspired by Phil Gomm’s “Metropolis” prompt, I’ve revived Headline Haiku for a New York pandemic collage.  I originally did a series of these current event newspaper artworks on methodtwomadness, the blog I do with Nina (who is on an extended break), but I haven’t done one in a long time. It…

  • #SilentSaturday (5/16/20)

    A rest from #haiku I’ll be back with the next #Haikai Challenge and more Haikai tomorrow. See you then!

  • Malfunction on the Morning Commute: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    A new light illuminates the dashboard. I divert to Midas, in vain, as the shop opens at 7:30. I don’t have time to wait. The manual says that the light indicates my tire pressure is low. Since Midas has no air pumps outside the garage, I travel east on Rt. 59, through the heart of…