Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • 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…

  • UNTITLED COVID Senryu

    Originally posted on pictured words: The Maumee Indoor “Closed until further notice.” A sign of the times. (c) Marie Elena Good, 2020 #seventeenintwenty I did not take this photo, and do not know who did.  I had to run to the post office today, and saw the sign on our beloved “Maumee Indoor,” on my…

  • no more thoughts

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Kenneth Daniels’ latest haiku!

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/8/20)

    5/8/20: abscess rain-soaked grass —the abscess abovethe wisdom tooth #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (May 8, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 蒼天の高さを知つてをる雲雀  高橋将夫 sôten no takasa o shitteoru hibari             it knows             the height of the blue sky             a skylark                                                 Masao Takahashi from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), March 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

  • spring blossoms ~ haiku

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: spring blossoms on the horizon flower moon This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge – Flower Moon and Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 176: #Poet’sChoice. Image: super moon, 5:00am CST, 07 May 2020 (click image for larger view in new tab) ?