Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • My New Book Featured on Eufemia Griffo’s Blog

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Dear Readers and Followers, I am so pleased and honored to have news about my new book, Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing featured in both Italian and English by prolific writer and poet Eufemia Griffo. Many thanks to Eufemia for her interest in my book! She blogs…

  • Today’s Haiku (April 29, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): スイートピーやさしい言葉つまらなく  高橋桃衣 suiitopii yasashii kotoba trumaranaku             sweet pea             I find the kind words             are boring                                                 Toi Takahashi from “Haboku” (Sumi-e Ink), haiku collection of Toi Takahashi, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2013

  • Warp and Weft ~ Images and Words: The Haiku Foundation: The Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, 2019

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Debbie Strange’s haiku make the short list for THF’s 2019 Touchstone Awards! There were over 800 nominations, and I’m honoured that three of my haiku were included in the shortlist of 30 poems. My thanks to the editors and individuals who nominated my work, and to the judges for taking the time…

  • “ososakura…” a #tanka (4/29/20)

    4/29/20: cherry blossoms ososakura yet another day of steady rain all these reminders of what we’ve lost #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #coronavirus for my current #Haikai Challenge

  • Tanka

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Leon Spilliaert brezza di sale nella pioggia d’aprile un mare grigio sussurro le parole che ancora restano ? salty breeze in the April rain a gray sea I whisper the words that still remain © A.M.

  • the setting sun

    the setting sun

    Originally posted on The Lotus: the setting sun reminds me of me twilight

  • Haiku: Pink Flow

    Haiku: Pink Flow

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Xenia Trans’ second haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/29/20)

    4/29/20: bus overcast sky …at least he no longermisses the bus #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #coronavirus