Frank J. Tassone

Category: haiku community

  • Haikai Challenge #117: Solstice

    Originally posted on Stine Writing: Tanka: Winter Solstice The day is so short Especially in the East Too short to notice Where the weather has turned cold And spring is so far away.  https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/screen-shot-2019-12-14-at-9.31.31-pm.png

  • Missing

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Peter Bouchier’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! blackest day of days endless ticking of the clock white angel at night https://peterbouchier.wordpress.com/english-essays-and-poems-2/missing/

  • Rhythms

    Rhythms

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Reena’s latest #senryu for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Chasing Daylight

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: This beautiful Red Shouldered Hawk sat on a limb just beyond the edge of my back yard. The birds at the feeder did not seemed concerned and continued to come and go as usual.  I saw him dive down after a mouse in the weeds. That is how I happened…

  • #Haikai Challenge #117: Midwinter (mafuyu)

    Originally posted on Tao-Talk: ? Dark’s pendulum swings heavy, to its furthest reach – dawn a memory Midwinter night, Luna’s lost Clouds sputter confused snow Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senyru, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga) that alludes to either…

  • #Haikai Challenge #117 (12/14/19): Midwinter (mafuyu)/Midsummer (manastu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    How was your Cold Moon experience? It’s clear that many of you enjoyed it! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Christine2. Jade Li/Lisa3. Dwight L. Roth4. the real cie5. Reena Saxena6. Jane Dougherty7. Peter 8. Jules9. Indira10. Revived Writer11. Kerfe Roig12. lynn__13. Tessa14. Xenia Tran 15. Janice16. Linda Lee Lyberg17. Deborah18. Frank…

  • Downward reindeer

    Downward reindeer

    Originally posted on …Bilocalalia…: In corpse poseunder a palm treeon green artificial grass,bird song overlaying downtown sounds,I feel calm as azure sky and still and cool as stone. On the way to a free yoga class in Chandler, I tried to think of how to use the color blue in a poem. In Sidlak poems,…

  • Today’s Haiku (December 14, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): トンネルが異界への道雪新た　　鍵和田秞子 tonneru ga ikai e no michi yuki arata             the tunnel is the road             to the underworld…             fresh snow                                              …