Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • PSA: Upcoming weekend schedule

    Frank and I travel to Boston this weekend. His troop intends to walk another of the myriad historical trails up there. We’re cabin-camping two nights, so my blogging will be limited Expect to see “My Daily Haiku” and “Haikai Challenge” tomorrow (2/15/20) and “My Daily Haiku” and “#SilentSunday” the next day (2/16/20). Blogging may proceed…

  • Two Nighttime Tastes: My latest @ImageCurve #haibun

    I savor the flavor of the first bite of freshly grilled chicken. And yet, somehow, I simultaneously taste the plain slice of pizza that I ate over two hours ago. Autumn Nightmoistening my templeone drop of sweat Photo by Ivana Cajina first published in Image Curve, February 13, 2020

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    Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: indelible mosswrites a valentineheart-shaped rock

  • mincemeat tart – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: mincemeat tart a taste from the past merges with sorrow ©️2020 Ontheland

  • 稲美里佳の短歌:Tanka by Rika Inami (30)

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: 2020年2月 短歌 February 2020, Tanka                    All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳 ? 1. ? ? 如月の雪にしづもる谷間(たにあい)は我が故郷にし まほろの地なり ? the valley muffled with snow in February is my source… the best space for me ? (Feb. 11th, 2020) ? —————————————————————- <From the warm winter to the cold wave/…

  • “cold front…” a #tanka (2/14/20)

    2/14/20: second chance cold front the temperature dropping in evening twilight How many second chances at love can one expect? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #ValentinesDay

  • February sunroom

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: We are seeing many plants and flowers on display in stores. It is very cold here, and we buy a few groceries and walk around. We stopped at Caan’s in Sheboygan, to see what plants they are beginning to grow in their large greenhouse. I noted the geraniums.…

  • Today’s Haiku (February 14, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 春寒のモスクくるぶしまで洗ふ  堀切克洋 haruzamu no mosuku kurubushi made arau             mosque in the spring cold             I wash my feet             up to ankles                                                 Katsuhiro Horikiri from “Shakutori no Michi” (Inchworm Road), haiku collection of Katsuhiro Horikiri, Bungaku no Mori, Tokyo 2018