Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Mecurial Magic: a #Quadrille #haibun

    “It’s a kind of magic…” Queen Would I were Gandalf, facing the Balrog, crying, “You shall not pass!” Or Merlin, confronting Morgan Le Fey, before Arthur’s doom. Or any mystic, empowered against #Corona. But I am only a poet. My words must be magic enough. raindrops another deep breath another for dVerse Poets’ #Quadrille 100:…

  • hidden – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: hidden stars emerge from the dark new moon . . ©️2020 Ontheland

  • #Haikai Challenge #131: first [cherry] blossoms* (hatsu hana)

    Originally posted on Tao-Talk: The brilliant red Nakabashi Bridge in Takayama, in Japan’s mountainous Gifu Prefecture, stands out against its winter backdrop. Grey skies, white blankets Cherry trees dream of blossoms – Spring in name only. cherry tree Audiences wait Silent, for the Spring showing – Star is dawdling. hawk flying under gray sky Hawks…

  • First [Cherry] Blossoms

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Rhen Laird’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!

  • "remote learning…" a #tanka (3/23/20)

    3/23/20: three musketeers remote learning my two co-teachers and I virtual teaching as the first snow since Autumn blankets the front and back yards #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • The Bluest Sky

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: in a gentle sway against the bluest sky cherry blossoms Pat R 3/21/20 For Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge where the prompt is “First Cherry Blossoms” ?

  • haiku

    Originally posted on Does writing excuse watching?: first cherry blossomsbloom in early warm weatheroceans rise higher for Haikai Challenge

  • #Haikai Challenge #131 (3/22/20): first [cherry] blossoms* (hatsu hana) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Originally posted on Stine Writing: Cherry Blossoms Look for the colorTo mark the start of summerBy welcoming spring ©2020 CBialczak  Written for Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge: https://frankjtassone.com/2020/03/22/haikai-challenge-131-3-22-20-first-cherry-blossoms-hatsu-hana-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/