Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • My Daily #Haiku (12/28/19)

    12/28/19: last month of the year last weekendbefore the New Year …still no plans #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Lakshmi Iyer (India)

    Originally posted on Harusame: last leaf falling off my autumn haiku Comment: a ku that seems to have really come to life, turning into an autumn tree (aki no ki 秋の木) thanks to a meaningful aesthetic immersion of the poet (tanbi 耽美). The regular repetition of the soft sound ‘l’ in lines 1 and 2…

  • Gossip

    Originally posted on haiku tree: morning chatter birds gossip at the feeder ?

  • folded – – tanka

    Originally posted on Ontheland: from thrown to folded order a ceremony of hands setting the pace for what is to come . . ©️2019 Ontheland

  • An Offering: A #Writephoto #haibun

    Why do you come before me, bearing the cup I cannot bear to drink? Only two days ago, I heard the gospel of the Nativity. You gave birth to your son and laid him in a manger. The Logos, beyond all eternity, incarnate in a newborn. And now, your outstretched hand holds that cup. It’s…

  • Come Back Alice

    Originally posted on the other bunny: Samar Ghose Ginkgo trees Pic courtesy: Costfoto / Barcroft Media / Getty ?

  • #129 is out!

    Originally posted on hedgerow: a journal of small poems: hedgerow #129 is finally out! It has been an exciting year for the journal. Thank you everyone for being part of it. I look forward to seeing what 2020 will bring . . . ps It is time to send in your submissions for the winter…

  • Lunch Break: 2486

    Haiku Happenings #7: Gillena Cox shares Christmas haiku by Janice Garey, Pat Geyer and herself! newborn King Jesus clothed in humble flesh of man and swaddling cloths © Janice Garey benevolent… new King of the world brings peace to earth ©Pat Geyer; East Brunswick, NJ USA Christmas eve night- of my overcast sky i ponder…