Category: haikai
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#Publication Alert! THF’s Haiku in the Workplace: Man v. Machine
Pleased to have my latest Haiku appear in the Haiku Foundation’s Haiku in the Workplace: Man v. Machine Broken Xerox my ink-stained hands pull out torn paper
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#Tanka Tuesday 9/12/17…autumn blues../
Mid-afternoon sunlight All around the apple tree Fallen shriveled leaves How many of my hopes Dried out and collapsed?
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9/11/17 en memoriam #haiku #911rememberance
North and South Pools a cracking voice reads their names
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Monoku Monday 9/11/17
mountain lake reflections we carry
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Senryu Saturday 9/9/17: So much for “…won’t get fooled again…” #senryu
morning light the mute alarm clock strikes again!
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Free-style Friday 9/8/17 …on moments of clarity after anger…#tankaprose #tanka #haibun
Anger Management We drive North on I-95 toward Worcester. Mira asks about Mom’s history of dependency. She still tries to get her mind around addiction. Leaves have already changed. Red, orange, yellow radiate from all the trees flanking the highway. Some leaves float on gentle breezes that come and go. Others—still hanging—catch glints of…
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By the Waterfall: A #Throw-down Thursday (9/7/17) #haibun featuring my latest from @.ImageCurve
We take our first hike of this season on the Pine Meadow trail. Soon, we diverge onto the yellow-marked trail at the first junction. The clouds of early morning break apart. The sun pierces every gap in the Maple and Douglas Fir canopy. We reach the waterfall, just past the rock scramble along the…
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Wayback Wednesday 9/6/2017…a little beach walk…#haiku #haibun
A Walk at Nyack Beach by Frank J. Tassone · 8th August 2014 Haibun Poems The Hudson surges against the black boulders of the Nyack Beach shoreline. A woosh of water on stone is a chant in rhythm to the river’s tide. Frankie bikes around a bend in the dirt-and-granular track. We follow on…