Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • My Daily #Haiku (11/22/19)

    11/22/19: ice swaying chimes the myriad of ways to skate on thin ice #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Alan Summers (England)

    Originally posted on Harusame: autumn deepens alongside the rickety man… scudding clouds Comment: as the author points out in a note, this ku comes from the fact that he recently got awful sciatica, which resulted from a damage or injury to his sciatic nerve, causing very intense pain in the back and a consequent, reduced…

  • Gentled Edges

    Originally posted on awisewomansjourney: river’s water softening rigid stones polished ~ * ~ Photo Credit:  Pinterest ?

  • autumn warmth

    Originally posted on Icebox: ? ? click on the picture to read the poem *********************************************************** ?

  • Haikai Challenge #113

    Originally posted on Stine Writing: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/12832524_942385615845278_2771848367296071311_n-003-1.jpg Leaves go home Crispy leaves lie still Wind comes and sends these leaves home Home is a leaf pile.

  • Today’s Haiku (November 21, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 陽を受けて黄の花開く冬薔薇  松村昌弘 hi o ukete ki no hana hiraku fuyusôbi             catching the sunlight             a winter rose opens             its yellow petals                                                 Masahiro Matsumura from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

  • fallen leaves – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: fallen leaves beneath the melting snow it’s autumn still . . ©️2019 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #113 fallen leaves

  • A November with Basho, Day 18

    Sitting in the temple chamber with the blinds raised, we saw the whole lagoon, Mount Chokai holding up the heavens inverted on the water. To the west the road leads to the Muyamuya Baarrier; to the east it cuarves along a bank toward Akita; to the north, the sea comes in on tide flats at…