Frank J. Tassone

Category: haiku community

  • Alogopoeia

    After the last word of the last book of the series: desolation. Even with a greening yard and a young weekend, a despondance at the dirth of story. A whirlwind of “shoulds” impact with the force of a cacophonous greek choir that won’t stop! Sometimes, an aesthetic for logopoeia just isn’t enough. forsythias the next…

  • Haiku

    Originally posted on Bending moments: telephone cables the cross purposes of our conversation * (tsuri -dōrō, March/ April 2022)

  • Today’s Haiku (April 2, 2022)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 春暁や阿修羅の放つ火のにほひ　　　宇佐美魚目 shungyô ya ashura no hanatsu hi no nioi ??????????? spring dawn—             the scent of a fire ??????????? Asura throws ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Gyomoku Usami from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:? Gyomoku Usami (1926-2018)

  • early April

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: early Apriland warm enoughfor rain Photo by Elena Umyskova on Pexels.com

  • Foolish Bodily Inquiries

    She asks me how my knees are. It’s a loaded question, and we both know it. She saw me struggle to my feet multiple times last fall. There is the inevitable grunt that follows the creaking of 51-year-old knees that have touched the floor over a 26- year career. “Seriously, Mister. How are those old…

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/31/22)

    3/31/22: peace smoking debris…the fitful flightof a dove #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: March 31, 2022

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: ? ? ? ?drawn to the train in the toyshop window ? ? ? ? . . . snow flurries ? ? ? by Michael McClintock (USA), Author Sketches from the San Joaquin, 2009 Turtle Light Press Haiku Chapbook Competition Winner

  • For Good Measure

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: he startles the dogwith a sneeze and a sneeze –then a sneeze —— © Steve Mitchell 2022