Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haikai

  • 2018 in Review

    Another wonderful year! Here are the highlights: 48,846 views 14,943 visitors 19,938 likes 5,102 comments an all-time high of 553 views for my #Haikai Challenge #16 (1/13/18) Freedom–posted on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday And if that isn’t enough: 3 haibun published, in Haibun Today, Cattails, and Failed Haiku, respectively 7 haiku published by…

  • That Full Moon after Harvest

      hunter’s moon a catlike silhouette slips into darkness   automatic floodlight bathes the patio pavers     Following the path lit by this luminous hue hunter’s moon How I wish I would embrace the wild     savoring a moment on the deck Autumn night   a mere handful of seen stars oh, but…

  • A Whisper in the Wind: a #ghazal #renga soliloquy for #dversepoets

    Photo by Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash   As the clouds gather… only a whisper in the wind As the first rains fall… only a whisper in the wind   an unseen sunset… a return to an empty house not a soul in sight…only a whisper in the wind   only one more cough… a memory of company not…

  • 2017 In Review #Haikai #NewYear

    Photo by Paul M on Unsplash Whoa! Hard to say much more, considering: 10, 734 views 2,929 visitors 4,113 likes 1,754 comments 110 followers (total) And an overwhelming amount of this growth began in August of this year! I’m humbled. Honored. Doing cartwheels! And as if that weren’t enough: A new haibun published in Haibun…

  • #Haikai Challenge #14 (12/30/17): New Year #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #renga #haiga

    unsplash-logoNordWood Themes Oh, you festive Haijin! Behold, your celebratory posts from last week’s challenge: Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Zander 2. ToniKanzen correct link 3. Jane Dougherty 4. Ken Gierke/rivrvlogr 5. ToniKanzen 6. Charley (Life in Portofino) 7. Jules 8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Merril D. Smith 10. Janice (Ontheland) 11. qbit 12. Revived Writer Powered…

  • Thank you

    I have over 100 followers as of today. Thank you for sharing this journey with me! Thank you for declaring that haikai matters! light arising in darkness our footsteps

  • #Haikai Challenge #11 (12/9/17): first snow OR ever green #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renku

    Another successful challenge in the books! Congratulations to last week’s participating haijin:   Jilly: Thirsting and SuperMoon! Charley: Haiku–Full Frost Moon Zander: Arid Haiku Linda: #Haiku: Sacred qbit: Haiku- Arid Petrujviljoen: Arid revivedwriter: Desert   Ultreya!   It’s snowing in southeast New York. We’re expected to get between three to eight inches, or one to three, depending on which gambler–er, meteorologist–you listen to. My…

  • #Haikai Challenge 10 (12/3/17): Arid…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka

    Hello, haijin! And my hat’s off to you! For I haikai challenged, and you delivered! Last week, a record number of you answered the call:   Jilly–Ain’t Gonna Happen–a Haiku Charley–Haiku: Migration Charmed Chaos–#Haiku: Rain revivedwriter–November Rain qbit–Haiku–November Rain Vivian Zems–November Rain Xenia Trans–Where Frogs Are Sleeping Zander–In The City Rick Daddario–2017 Haiga Header Sampling…