Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Splash

    Originally posted on haiku tree: morning sun chattering birds splash in the bath ?

  • Today’s Haiku (April 8, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 囀りはデジタル愛はアナログで  高橋将夫 saezuri wa dejitaru ai wa anarogu de             birds’ chirp is digital             and love should be             analog                                                 Masao Takahashi from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

  • Renewal

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: The pear tree in the front yard is pretty close to the second floor porch. So we get to witness a bit of nature up close. The pace at which nubby buds change to to delicate blossoms is so interesting to watch. So we are blessed with having blooms,…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/8/20)

    4/8/20: hands maple buds —the struggle to keep my handsaway from my face #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #coronavirus

  • #Haiku Happenings #3: Scott Metz presents a #monoku by Meik Blottenberger!

  • Haiku 4.8

    Originally posted on whimsy~mimsy: just before sunrise your warm breath on my neck lulls me back into sleep

  • Draw a Bird Day: Seagull

    Originally posted on method two madness: voices in waves sea calling gathering in cadenced desire Seagulls and pigeons are the main birds I see from my window.  But I hear robins every morning, and crows have started to visit the neighboring roofs as well. This is a multiple poem posting for both Colleen’s #TankaTuesday (poet’s…

  • Hope in a Time of Corona: a Day 7 #NaPoWriMo2020 / GloPoWriMo2020 #TankaProse

    Have we reached the bottom? Or will we fall below whatever ground we believe we’ve reached? Bahrain uses bracelet to geo-fence the CoVid-19 infected. The Governor of New York orders schools to remain closed until the end of April. The President of the United States pedals hydrocholoroquine as a Corona Virus treatment–absent any clinical trials…