Frank J. Tassone

Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • This meandering February ’21: a #TankaProse

    Almost three feet of snow on the ground from the last four snowstorms. This February attempts to make up for three years of mild winters. Almost half of the month has passed. Nearly half of the haiku prompts for #NaiHaiWriMo. Almost half of another Black History month. Valentin’s Day is tomorrow. Another President’s week vacation…

  • Today’s Haiku (February 12, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 人は人とつながつてゐる凧　　山田露結 hito wa hito to tsunagatteiru ikanobori ??????????? people connecting ??????????? with people ??????????? kite ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Roketsu Yamada from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo Fay’s Note:? ‘ikanobori’ or ‘tako’ (kite) is a spring kigo.

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    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: / bush hut lean-to rain through the gaps sizzles on the woodstove a  Lyn Reeves a   

  • NaHaiWriMo 2021: week 2

    Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: tropical harborthe rattle and splashof the anchor chain [2/6 prompt = The Chain] two narwhalscrossing swords!pepperoni dreams [2/7 prompt = Tusk] Tangiers . . .strolling the mazeof the Medina [2/8 prompt = Tangerine] four sticks,their fuses flaring— “fire in the hole!” [2/9 prompt = Four Sticks] 56 feetand…

  • My Daily #Haiku (2/13/21) #NaHaiWriMo

    2/13/21: Kasmir crow in flight–the melody lineof “Kasmir” #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #nahaiwrimo #nahaiwrimo2021

  • Daily Haiku: Feb. 13, 2021

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: star by star she takes him the long way home       by Dan Schwerin (USA) Frogpond, Vol. 40:1, 2017  

  • Never Ending Story, 2021

    Originally posted on My Inner Voice: English Original year of the Oxavoidingthe scarlet sky Published in Asahi Haikuist Network, January 29 2021Hifsa Ashraf Chinese Translation (Traditional) 牛年避免凝視血紅色的天空?Chinese Translation (Simplified) 牛年避免凝视血红色的天空 Butterfly Dream: Year of the Ox?

  • Sosui at Setsubun & 芭蕉翁絵詞伝 Basho Scroll Exhibition

    Originally posted on Icebox: I first met Nobuyuki Yuasa (Sosui) in London in 1994 during the Basho 300th celebrations I’d organized for London University’s School of Oriental & African Studies and the British Haiku Society. During that year, BHS held a series of events including a conference,  a long-distance haiku hike, an international renga, and…