Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: verso il tramonto nel volo dell’airone cambia la luce towards dusk in the heron flight changing light A . M. ?

  • Twenty

    Originally posted on haiku tree: twenty years I still need your smile ? ?

  • Winter Transformation

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: Here are two tanka poems on the theme of transformation, for Heeding Haiku Ordinary pine Evergreen bedecked with lights, Festive sentiments Ornament memorials — A shelter for wrapped presents Photo by Craig Adderley on Pexels.com Thermostat heightened, Scarves adorn shiverers’ necks, Apple cider held In hands ready to receive, Leaning into…

  • Solstice: a #TankaProse

    12/21/19: Gerry Muse (#186) The sun just set behind the Ramapo Mountains. Pink hues on passing cumulus light up after the last golden haze recedes from view. The shortest day of the year transitions to evening twilight. Soon, the longest night begins. Our Christmas tree lights illuminate the enshadowed living room. Before long, the outside…

  • Today’s Haiku (December 21, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 熱燗やいつも無口の独り客  鈴木真砂女 atsukan ya itsumo mukuchi no hitorikyaku             hot sake—             a customer who comes alone             is always quiet                                                 Masajo Suzuki from “Nihon Dai-Saijiki” (“Japanese Comprehensive Saijiki”), edited by Shuoshi Mizuhara, Shuson Kato, and Kenkichi Yamamoto, published by Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan, 1981 Fay’s…

  • sentience – – haibun

    Originally posted on Ontheland: “…we took rooms at an inn with…Mr. Kansho, who was in town to attend memorial services for the haiku poet Issho, locally renowned for his verse and devotion to craft. The poet’s elder brother served as host, the poet having died last winter. Tremble, oh my grave– in time my cries…

  • And Brisk

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: start of winter – it’s gonna be a short day —- © Steve Mitchell 2019

  • My Daily #Haiku (12/21/19)

    12/21/19: peace Solstice morning …a salving stillnessof heart and mind #haiku #micropoetry #poetry