Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Supermoon

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Reena Saxena’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!

  • gogyohka for a full moon

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge ? last night the lane was stretched across with worm cords glistening in moonlight slow-moving traffic badger-feast ? rain patters on the lane pale ribbon in moonglow tempting the long lombrics pinkly wetly out of the sodden earth ? no moon shines on…

  • #SilentSunday (3/8/20)

    A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

  • #Haikai Challenge #129 (3/7/20): Super (Worm) Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    How well have you endured the East wind, haijin? Many of you did just fine! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Li/Lisa3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr4. Dwight L. Roth5. Eugenia 6. Jules7. Rhen Laird8. Xenia Tran9. Rhen Laird10. Emily Karn 11. Linda Lee Lyberg12. Revived Writer13. Reena Saxena14. Pat R15.…

  • O Atlantica! A #TankProse Ode

    How many times have I gazed at your horizon? How many crashes of your surf against the turf of the New Jersey shoreline have I heard? How many white-foam crests have you crashed into me? How many times have I tasted your saline delight? Sea gulls may cry. Salsa and marange may blast from speakers…

  • Haiku del giorno – Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Marjorie Miller (1925) uncertain times the exuberant blossom of a magnolia tempi insicuri rigoglioso il fiorire della magnolia © A.M.

  • Daily Haiku: March 7, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: rosy dawn our paddles stippled with petals by Debbie Strange  (Canada) Highly Commended New Zealand Poetry Society International Competition, 2019

  • Haiku: Storm Clouds

    Haiku: Storm Clouds

    Originally posted on The Dark Netizen: Dark As Starless Night, Filled With Icy Cold Waters The Storm Clouds Approach… Prompt: Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, February 5th 2020, clouds