Frank J. Tassone

Category: haikai

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/30/20)

    3/30/20: social isolation Stay-at-home orders …that “Dancing with Myself”earworm again #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #CoronaVirus

  • #Haikai Challenge #132 (3/28/20) Coronavirus (Covid-19) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you enjoyed your (hopefully virtual) cherry blossom viewing. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Susan Zutautas3. Jane Dougherty4. Christine5. joem18b6. Pat R 7. Rhen Laird8. Li/Lisa9. Dave Madden10. Peter11. Kerfe Roig12. Janice 13. Jules14. Jayanth15. Linda Lee Lyberg 16. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward!…

  • A Blossoming Hope

    An early peak of cherry blossoms in Washington DC this year, and who came to see it? Some did, risking their own health (and that of others’), to witness the blooms. The rest of us see only the photos. Is that enough? Outside my window, a blanket of gray covers the sky. The maples and…

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/28/20)

    3/28/20: winter mountain spring rain —the stranded on Everestfinally freed #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Another Tired Awakening: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

    I had just put together the disembodied alien when the radio sounded. American Authors sings “this is gonna be the best day of my life…” I slap the off switch. Lying in bed, in shock. Every cell throbs with the strain of being awake. I hope to nod off, but I rise five minutes later.…

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/27/20)

    3/27/20: shortest day early sunsetlighting bonfires onthe Winter Solstice #haiku#micropoetry#poetry

  • Technical Difficulties: a #writephoto #haibun

    I had a lead on today’s assignment grading, until Frank brought me his replacement phone. “It’s not activating,” he said. The cascade soon followed. Verizon’s website offered no workable options. Customer service proved an overlong wait–interrupted when my doctor’s office finally returned my call. A virtual trouble-shooter ran every protocol without providing a solution. I…

  • “crow caw…” a #tanka (3/26/20)

    3/26/20: three muses crow caw gliding above the trees a red-tailed hawk What would the three muses make Of Billy Collins’ windows? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry