Frank J. Tassone

Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • #Haikai Challenge #128 (2/29/20): east wind (kochi)

    Originally posted on Tao-Talk: Image: nasa worldview of Arctic Blast from 12/27/17 ? Chicago’s east wind Gains lake’s chilled momentum – MI feathers ruffle. “Ruffled Feathers” by Billie Colson ? Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga,…

  • Gogyohka for goldfinches

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: A gogyohka for Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge. Photo ©MinoZig ? sun shines pale gold through silver rain gold bird-wings flash red cheeks bitten by the east wind

  • #SilentSunday (3/1/20)

    A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

  • #Haikai Challenge #128 (2/29/20): east wind (kochi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Enjoying the changes, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Jennifer Bates3. Peter4. Jane Dougherty5. Xenia Tran 6. Eugenia7. Deborah8. Pat R9. Dwight L. Roth10. Janice 11. Shaun Jex12. Jade Li/Lisa13. Emily Karn14. Rhen Laird15. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: “…To the…

  • Daily Haiku: Feb. 29, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: daylight fading the distant bleating of a sheep   by Olivier Schopfer (Switzerland) bottle rockets, #42, 2020

  • Basho

    Originally posted on The Lotus: Whenever I think of Old Basho I think of his continuous effort to upgrade the Haiku in his time and his final concept of “lightness”. I think of the duality which underpins his writing that is sacred to spiritual theory of his circle and which is fundamental to production and…

  • NaHaiWriMo 2020: week 4

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: Rome . . . breezing around backstreets on a Vespa [2/22 prompt = motorcycles or scooters] even my favorite food doesn’t tempt me . . . gray day [2/23 prompt = your favorite food] green light! caught in the intersection one black shoe [2/24 prompt = shoes] a…

  • Another “Not Yet” (9/11/14): my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

    Two middle-aged women arrive from RPRC. After a brief conversation at our kitchen table, which they record, they take EMF readings throughout the house. After they finish, they say that they can’t get the specific readings that they look for, because the electrical wiring and system emits too much unshielded energy. The solution to the…