Author: Frank J. Tassone
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#Publication Alert: Hoeing Grief appears in Cattails!
Pleased that my haibun Hoeing Grief appears in Cattails, April 2018! Hoeing Grief By Frank J. Tassone, USA Dad places Robert on one part of our terrace garden and me, on the other. This way we can’t accidentally hurt each other. Robert rakes while I tear at the ground with a hoe.…
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Mountains and valleys, final part
Originally posted on Sunny Dunny's Blog: Day 6, 5th November Up at a reasonable time for breakfast, then shinkansen (bullet train) to Nagoya, and a change to a ‘limited express’ to Takayama. A stunningly beautiful journey through the mountains. The autumn colours are at their magnificent best, and the trees a multicoloured mixture of broadleaves…
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Easter
Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: I remember, as a child, going to Sunday school and receiving a cross made from a palm leaf on Palm Sunday. On Easter Sunday, I would go to church with my grandmother, where I would receive an Easter message in the shape of a cross, usually with a…
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La voix des océans
Originally posted on Peter Frankis writes: The ore carrier is making a few knots out past the breakwater, moving like a slow cliff. Cranes and derricks, rust on rust from decades of mines to works — Gladstone, Whyalla, Shanghai, Brazil. The bridge is toilet bowl yellow chipped and stained, safety first in giant capitals. The…
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Haiga, Haiku & #2: Bath Stories & April NaHaiWriMo 2018
Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * birdbath still too cold for birds * for A Prompt #2 NaHaiWriMo 4-2-2018 * Lynne Jambor April 2 BATH *
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Haibun: Easter Winds
#Haiku Happenings #11: Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun for my current #Haikai challenge!
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Coffee-making Mayhem…#npm2018 #NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo #senryu #haibun
“Did you pour water?” As gasping sounds emerge from the coffee maker… “Why wouldn’t I?” a quick check of the machine anyway… Reveals a coffee-maker filled with coffee. But not water. “Fool of a man! Less poetry, more coffee-making!” As a hastily-added caraf of water pours into a thirsty machine!…
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a riot of blossom
Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 咲亂す桃の中より初櫻 sakimidasu momo no naka yori hatsuzakura A riot of blossom: Amongst the peach appears The first cherry. -Matsuo Basho ? Art by Shoko Uemura
