Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Ripened Hedge Apples…

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Shaun Jex’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • My Daily #Haiku (1/28/20)

    1/28/20: first home apple treesin both first homes …spring sunlight #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: Onorata che un mio haiku, tradotto dall’inglese, appaia sulla rivista “La voce dell’Ute”, fondata dal Lions club di Cinisello Balsamo e patrocinata dal Comune. Grazie al caporedattore Renato Ghezzi per avere scelto questo mio poema e alla redazione. All’interno un articolo dedicato allo haiku che vi invito a leggere. Felice…

  • Embracing Spring

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/wpid-20141123_114745-493527554.jpg deep in the hedgesthe first sparrows twittering –the embrace of spring Pat R 1/27/2020 For Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge To write a poem that states or alludes to first sparrows twittering (hatsusuzume). https://frankjtassone.com/2020/01/26/haikai-challenge-123-1-26-20-first-sparrows-twittering-hatsusuzume-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/

  • #Haikai Challenge #123: first sparrows [twittering] (hatsusuzume)

    Originally posted on Tao-Talk: Pink blanket pulled up Behind frozen bones of trees — Sparrow’s silhouette Snuggling in my warm bed Wakened, with Spring, by his song 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, renga, etc.) that…

  • Undomesticated: a #TankaProse #Quadrille

    Did you imagine, for even a moment, that I was anything else but wild? None domesticate me. I’m untamable. But don’t be afraid! I am for you. Always. fiery tongues an unceasing wind buffeting a house “illuminated by the grace of the Holy Spirit…” (The last line is from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, from his novel…

  • Haiku: Spirit of Vitality

    Haiku: Spirit of Vitality

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Xenia Tran’s latest haiku!

  • A melodious chat – PoetryPalette

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Eugenia’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge! subtle hints of spring as sparrows chirp in the trees. straining to listen to nature’s dotty sweet talk and the plip plops of soft rain A melodious chat – PoetryPalette