Frank J. Tassone

Category: haiku community

  • Solsticing

    The canopy of maple leaves bathes in sunlight on the Summer Solstice. Still for a moment, the legion of leaves ripple lie a stadium crowd doing the wave. Despite the abundance of daylight left on this longest of days, afternoon shadows creep across the front yard. The street already basks in the shade. I’ve spent…

  • Poetry Pea S4E12

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: My haiku on the latest Poetry Pea podcast. https://poetrypea.com/s4e12-haiku-of-seasons/ peach blossomonce my dreamsjust as pink Anna Maria Domburg Sancristoforo

  • Revealed (Haiku series)

    Originally posted on Secret Thoughts Within: You reached out to me with your white enchanting smile and devilish heart I stayed up all night reading your angelic words stolen from heaven Every thought I had drew me away from wisdom and closer to you The cold light of day revealed that you really were a…

  • Haiga

    Originally posted on Icebox: #Haiku Happenings #4: Gerald’s latest #haiga! Icebox View original post

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/21/21)

    6/21/21: weed Summer Solsticeall across the front yarddandelions #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku: Dreamtime

    Haiku: Dreamtime

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Xenia Trans’ latest haiku!

  • Today’s Haiku (June 21, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夏至ゆうべ地軸の軋む音すこし　　　和田悟郎 geshi yûbe chijiku no kishimu oto sukoshi ??????????? summer solstice night ??????????? a little squeaking sound ??????????? of the earth’s axis ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Goro Wada from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • Haibun Monday 6-21-21: Solstice I

    Originally posted on dVerse: Image by Przemyslaw “Blueshade” Idzkiewicz. Wikipedia Welcome, poets! Frank Tassone here, your host for today’s Haibun Monday! As usual, we blend prose and haiku together to form that famous Japanese poetic form. And what a day to inspire our haibun! Yes, I’m talking about today, the first solstice of the year!…