Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Haiku challenge: Charm & Harm

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Ronovan’s challenge. Not a haiku but a haibun. Not wanting to bore anyone with yet another haibun about spring (this is already the second in two days) I’m posting this one to the dverse prompt too. ? The time has come for cutting, for taking knife and secateurs…

  • Quarter Days

    Originally posted on Xanku: When society was agrarian “quarter day” meant payday, servants hired, school starts, rent due. The first such calendar marker happens in February, although it is actually a “cross quarter” day, or the day midway between quarter days. February’s cross quarter day marks the slow return to Spring. In the Church the…

  • My Daily #Haiku (2/4/20)

    2/4/20: trucks, trains, boats, planes land and sea tour …the plane to the bus tothe train to the boat #NaHaiWriMo #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku del giorno -Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Photo by matthew_lowery on Flickr ? cielo da neve sul treno un sentore di mandarini snow sky on the train a hint of tangerines © AM.

  • Today’s Haiku (February 4, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ただ雪が降る蝋燭の時間かな  曽根 毅 tada yuki ga furu rôsoku no jikan kana             simply             snow falls…             candle’s time                                                 Takeshi Sone from “Kashû” (Blossom Study), haiku collection of Takeshi Sone Shinya-Soh sha, Tokyo 2015

  • #Haiku: Hawk Moth

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/hummingbird-hawk-moth-807428_1280.jpg flutter of wingssilhouetted by moonhawk moth feeds Frank J. Tassone Hakai Challenge # 124 Martha Magenta Tribute Here is the haiku by Martha Magenta I used for inspiration for mine: moth dusta smudge of moonthrough drifting clouds© Martha Magenta

  • Spring Emergent?

    Who can believe it? The third day in February, and I wear a spring jacket to work over a hoodie. And on the way home, I leave the jacket in the trunk . A dusting of snow fell yesterday morning. It was gone before noon. I heard a bird sing for the first time since…

  • World Haiku Series 2019 (42) Haiku by Ed Bremson

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2019 (42) Haiku by Ed Bremson ? spring… crosswalk signals chirping Spring 2013 The Mainichi Daily and Asahi Shimbun ? 春… 横断歩道信号 囀っている ? rainy spring night her yellowed goodbye note slightly damp June 12, 2018 Autumn Moon Haiku Journal ? 雨の春の夜 彼女の黄ばんださよならのメモ わずかに湿っている ?…