Frank J. Tassone

Author: Frank J. Tassone

  • Always a Thrill to Receive an Award that Can Be Held in the Hand

    Originally posted on Alexis Rotella's Blog: It arrived yesterday, transparent glass, for my haibun  collection SCRATCHES ON THE MOON from The Haiku Foundation (Touchstone Distinguished Book Award). Haibun(haiku prose) is becoming popular around the world and writers in India are really getting on board with it. SCRATCHES ON THE MOON can be ordered on Amazon…

  • The Haiku Foundation: Per Diem – Gregory Piko

    #Haiku Happenings #9: Greg Piko will guest-edit THF’s Per Diem this June! The Haiku Foundation: Per Diem The Haiku Foundation (THF), based in the US State of Virginia, archives a treasure trove of English-language haiku and seeks active exchange with other haiku languages and cultures around the world. A new Per Diem poem appears every day…

  • Daily Haiku: May 28, 2020

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: dawn light­­ deer prints point to the pear blossoms                                    by David Käwika Eyre (USA) Modern Haiku, 50:2, Summer 2019  

  • Slow Hobby

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: summer wind – he can’t decide what to do with his beard —- © Steve Mitchell 2020

  • “fire horn…” a #tanka (5/28/20)

    5/28/20: unprompted fire horn and the rustling of leaves your unvisited grave on your 80th birthday #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • contemplating a sunset with… ishibashi hideno

    Originally posted on a meditative journey : 79th day… glorious sunset— feeling a chill, my teeth, twenty in all, rattle ~Ishibashi Hideno (1909-1947) cited: M Ueda, Far Beyond the Field https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/maysunsetweb.jpg skyscape photography: Nikon D750 f/8 150s 92mm 400 ISO edited Capture One

  • Today’s Haiku (May 28, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 賢母脱ぎ良妻も捨て更衣　　　　　西村睦子 kenbo nugi ryôsai mo sute koromogae             taking off ‘wise mother’ status             and discarding ‘obedient wife’             a change of clothing                                                             Mutsuko Nishimura from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  ‘koromogae’ (a change of clothing) is a…

  • Tangled

    Originally posted on Magical Mystical Teacher: An orange tree stands in need of pruning in a Phoenix, Arizona backyard. ? Through tangled branches no one sees the waxing moon, even at midnight. ? Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher ? ? More Skywatch Friday SkyWatch Friday ? More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda…