Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • woodsmoke – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: Smoke of burning leaves and pine cones drew me on, touching something deep inside. Then the moon rose, shining on the sea, day turned suddenly to night. ~Matsuo Basho, “Narrow Road to the Interior” translated by Sam Hamill . cold moon the sweet smell of woodsmoke from down the road .…

  • Today’s Haiku (December 6, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 一本の棒立つてゐる冬旱   菅野孝夫 ippon no bô tatteiru fuyuhideri             a pole             is standing             winter drought                                                 Takao Sugano from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

  • Originally posted on weird laburnum: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/0-1.jpg A haiku culled out from p. 64 of The Graduation by Christopher Pike. Shloka Shankar

  • 1751

    Originally posted on feathers: ? ? do you hearwhat I hear —cold sparrows ? ? seasonal songs

  • “sudden chill…” a #Tanka (12/6/19)

    12/6/19: prompt-free sudden chillin the classroomhow tireda period afterthe loudest class tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (12/6/19)

    12/6/19: seasonal songs a snow globebeside the Christmas treeplaying “Silent Night” #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • her sleep-damp hair…

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Tia Haynes’ latest #tanka appears in Fresh Out: an Arts and Poetry Collective.

  • The Fourth International Haiku Contest, Cherry Blossom, Bulgarian Haiku Union, 2019

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? ? I am delighted to receive two awards in the Bulgarian Haiku Union Cherry Blossom Contest, 2019 – Commended Haiku and Runner up.