Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • This May: a #GerryMuse #TankaProse

    This May. Month of the Flower Moon. Month of flowers, if you believe the rhyme “April Showers…” the first of two months dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, by the Roman Catholic Church. This May. The US Northeast faces a freeze this weekend. COVID-19 cases rise while controversies ensure. Even murder hornets invade the…

  • Daily Haiku: May 9, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: fog on the poppies– childhood home  by Angiola Inglese (Italy) The Mainichi, 27:2, 2019

  • Colleen Chesebro’s “The Palo Verde Weeps” #Haibun – Word Craft ~ Prose and Poetry

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Colleen M. Chesebro’s latest #haibun! “The Palo Verde Weeps” #Haibun May 8, 2020 by Colleen M. Chesebro I always love the beginning of the month’s poetry challenge because poets choose a form and write about the things that mean the most to them. As the number of coronavirus infections and deaths continues…

  • 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 ? ? ? ? ? .