Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • “still no sign…” a #tanka (3/17/20)

    3/17/20: triple still no sign of the triple symptoms of CONVID-19 the vigil continues for that close contact’s test result #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #Corona

  • early spring – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: early spring the woods are alive with sound . . ©️2020 Ontheland

  • Today’s Haiku (March 17, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 風光る馬像に体温あるやうな   小野寿子 kaze hikaru bazô ni taion aru yôna             shining wind             the horse statue seemed to have             a body temperature                                                 Hisako Ono from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), March 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  ‘kaze hikaru’ (wind…

  • #American Sentence: Oasis

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/img_5196.jpeg My Wildflower GardenMesa,AZ©2020 Linda Lee Lyberg “Serene wildflowers, my oasis amongst the chaos of this world.”- Linda Lee Lyberg

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/17/20)

    3/17/20: green hills far away “Erin go Bragh” …soaking in sunlighthilltop shamrocks #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #StPatrickDay2020

  • gogyohka for a national holiday

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: celebration in these days of unease is watching the meadow spreading green and remembering

  • #Haikai Challenge #130 (3/14/20): [spring/autumn] equinox (higan) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Originally posted on Starlight and Moonbeams: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/ostara1.gif https://frankjtassone.com/2020/03/14/haikai-challenge-130-3-14-20-spring-autumn-equinox-higan-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/?wref=tp This week, we meet the seasonal crossroads. The Northern hemisphere celebrates the spring equinox, while the Southern honors the Autumn equinox. Likewise, we approach the midseason of Spring/Autumn, respectively, as reckoned by the traditional calendar. Have you felt the change? Longer, warmer days–not that there have been…

  • Spring Fling

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: Photo: Taken in my garden today. I didn’t do it, I promise. And that’s a clay pot. Who knows what else is under there! ? forging a path through no shrinking from adversity tulips in the midst of a glorious spring fling gone are thoughts of winter Pat R…