Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Publication Alert (10/9/19): “Up There” appears in Poet’s Salon!
I’m happy to report that today Poet’s Salon has published my Tanka-Prose “Up There” as part of its collection of the same name! Thank you, Kath Abela Wilson, for your consideration! Frank Tassone Up There Breathing hard. Heart racing like never before. I lean against a pine. The trail continues. But will I? Step by…
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“rainfall…” a #tanka (10/9/19)
10/9/19: fairy tale rainfall a “Maleficient” sequel trailer on TV my son asks when we’re going to our Chinese buffet lunch #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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autumn – – haiku
Originally posted on Ontheland: autumn . . . a red carpet on the way home . . Toronto, several years ago ©️2019 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #107 fall foliage red leaves
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Today’s Haiku (October 9, 2019)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 胡桃いじくる手のなかの別の時間 田島健一 kurumi ijikuru te no naka no betsu no jikan playing with a walnut the different time on my hands Kenichi Tajima from “Tadanaranu Po” (Unusual ‘Po’), haiku collection of Kenichi Tajima, Furansu-do, Tokyo 2017
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Haiku: Enchanted Forest
#Haiku Happenings #4: Xenia Trans’ latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
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Angle
Originally posted on haiku tree: angled shadows bend the trees sunset ?
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turn turn turn
Originally posted on K.: Every year fall foliage surprises us with its clichés. Fibers yellow on the edges, becoming brittle and brown. Scarlet fire burns itself into a colorless ash. Memory preserves the departed colors, waiting in darkness. We have been to this place many times before and yet still it catches us, wheeling us…
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Momiji Fire
Originally posted on awisewomansjourney: Written In Response To: Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #107 (10/510): fall foliage (red leaves(momiji)). Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to foliage (red leaves (momiji)). dawn of foliage red leaves awaken heart’s beat blood burns Autumn’s fire ~ * ~…