Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Of Love and Hate: A #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 mock-translated #Gendai – #Haibun

    Can love and Hate occupy the same relationship? Or is a Greek God’s pursuit of a nymph the same lust for power humanity has indulged for millenia? As though Dapne had a choice. As though Apollo allowed her one. qui tamen insequitur pennis adiutus Amoris,⁠ocior est requiemque negat tergoque fugacisinminet et crinem sparsum cervicibus adflat.…

  • Daily Haiku: April 21, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: shoe box my cat takes on its shape by Kohana, Marta Chocilowska (Poland) tinywords, issue 19:2, Dec. 10, 2019

  • World Haiku Series 2019 (98) Haiku by Liliana Negoi

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2019 (98) Haiku by Liliana Negoi ? winter’s private stash of sweet-scented summer dreams – a frozen rosebud ? 冬の秘密の隠し場所 甘い香りの夏の夢の– 冷凍されたバラのつぼみ * snow began to melt – the magpie soothing its thirst from the rusty eaves ? 雪が溶け始めた– カササギの喉の渇きを和らげる さびた庇から * swift, a butterfly…

  • Haiku 4.21

    Originally posted on whimsy~mimsy: blue sky overhead dandelions sprinkled on a wide field of green

  • “empty room…” a #tanka (4/21/20)

    4/21/20: unprompted empty room the silence after the last echoes of their voices fade away #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020

  • Daily Life These Days

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: Early morning, and I sit in silence for a time. An old haiku: cup of coffeeby the waterthis day to God Lake Michigan water levels are at record highs. Then I cook a healthy breakfast, and stay current with the news. Check my WordPress reader, and always so…

  • 2773

    Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: the old porch stepsafter a morning rainshingles of blue sky

  • Strange days…

    Originally posted on seaviewwarrenpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3NV_xAMUWM