Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Families Only

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: An American Sentence for Carrie’s Sunday Muse BlogSpot. An American Sentence is exactly 17 syllables and is a complete sentence. It is different from a haiku in that there are no season references and is written in sentence form. Families Only “Who will feed the orphans when all the parents…

  • rustling in forest ~ tanka

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: rustling in forest leaves whisper in ancient tongue known in any age swirls rising from forest floor speak of autumn’s arrival This tanka is my response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #273, where the prompt words are forest and whisper. Image source: unsplash.com / Autumn Mott Rodeheaver

  • My Daily #Haiku (9/30/19)

    9/30/19: molting mallard Autumn flight the molting remains of a mallard #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • The Bamboohut, Autumn 2019

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo round of cards all still to begin under the stars long and brief the night and the parting yet here *** going back the summer a promise without memory light was I once and I flew beside you *** Life’s shrinking Bit by bit we return…

  • Confection

    Originally posted on the other bunny: Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah

  • haiku: old men walking….

    Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . old men walking on their daisy paths alone ? ? ? ? .

  • upside up

    Originally posted on Solitary 4 Tomorrow – in Dialogue: the other day, I came home, stood by the shed in my little back yard and, looking out to the washing line, suddenly felt: My life has been righted. It has taken turmoil, hard work, doubts, and a lot of not-being-present to get over to finally…

  • The Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest 2019

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? frosty night. . . the horse’s breath melts a star ? Honourable Mention, The Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest 2019 The Haiku Society of America