Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • morning chorus

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: back to schoolthe morning chorusof alarm clocks

  • some ‘ku

    Originally posted on weird laburnum: in the bowlof the junkyard dograinbows dark peaksi gather upmy father? vibrating throughrainy sparrows?sad electric news formal garden?i eat the roots vatican laundry?the scent?of an extinct orchid a mile above?the disputed border?i dream of moles losing countof my breathsstranded starfish Stephen Toft

  • Haibun for the birth of humanity

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: A thought for Labour Day (May Day here). Frank Tassone’s dverse prompt yesterday. ? Through all the years of Christendom back through the mists of Judaism, a woman’s only function on this earth was to reproduce. In some minds, it still is. Her lot has been pain and suffering…

  • First day of school Daily Moments Sept 3 2019

    Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: Afternoon amblers First day of school is out Making it back home Squeaky new runners Smell of pineapple shampoo Exhaling fresh mint Half empty backpacks So many new faces – still, Walking home alone Feel the excitement Shiny newness of the day Hope hangs in the air ©…

  • Haiku – Pat Kopanda

    Originally posted on Prairie Writers Guild – NW Indiana: when Barbara went her garden went with her cross-legged on the grass the Little League-r picks clover waiting for a ball coyotes harmonize with the train whistle the night silence gone ? Haiku by Pat Kopanda. Photograph below by Frank Hubeny. Field of Sunflowers at Willow…

  • My Daily #Haiku (9/3/19)

    9/3/19: bushclover staff development no time for bushclover in the Bronx #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku – Blithe Spirit

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? laughing gulls the wind pushes me into the sea ? ? river moon the silent lights of a narrow boat ? ? moth dust a smudge of moon through drifting clouds ? Blithe Spirit vol 29 number 3 August 2019 ISSN 1353-3320

  • Today’s Haiku (September 3, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 静かなる午前を了へぬ桐一葉    加藤楸邨 shizuka naru gozen o oenu kiri hitoha    quiet morning ended… one paulownia leaf                                                             Shuson Kato from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   Shuson Kato (1905-1993)