Frank J. Tassone

Tag: GloPoWriMo2018

  • #Haikai Challenge #29 (4/14/18): warm (atataka)…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      Well, haijin, you got your bloom on for the first Cherry Blossoms!   Congratulations, participants! Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Jane Dougherty 3. Dwight L. Roth 4. Jules 5. Jules 2 6. Xenia Tran 7. Xenia Tran (2) 8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Merril D. Smith 10. Janice (Ontheland) 11.…

  • Backyard Delight: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    Backyard Delight     The apple tree’s trunk split into two like outstretched open arms. A step onto a stump and an arm around one of the splits ensured an easy climb. Dean and I sat on that great branch many summer days when the foliage concealed us from prying eyes below. We imagined we…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/14/18)

    4/14/18: persimmon dawn birdsongs a burnt tongue after a sip of persimmon tea #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #glopowrimo2018 #napowrimo2018

  • A Haikai Ars Poetica

      The tai chi windchime’s melody plays without ceasing. Spindly, naked branches atop towering locus trees sway. Grasshoppers chirp in a choral counterpoint to the bass drone of the Friday evening rush-hour. Shrivelled, potted daffidils bathe in the late afternoon sun. A hawk soars in a tight circle high above the tallest Locus. The warmest…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2

    Yankees’ losing streak — that New York Giant must not hold out! #haikuchallenge (giant) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/13/18)

    4/13/18: ceramic Spring visit yet another of his ceramic cups #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #glopowrimo2018 #napowrimo2018 13/30

  • My Daily #Haiku #2

    croaking bullfrogs — dreading a chance of snow in the next forecast #haikuchallenge (chance) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018

  • My Domestic Landscape: a #haibun

      Walk down Victory Road. The Ramapo Mountains rise above the cluster of Maples around the Mahwah River. Trees line the front yards of the diverse houses flanking the street. They are an aboreal honor guard for passersby. Their sunburst colors in Autumn will arrest you in your tracks. Close your mouth before the flies…