Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Joan of Arc’s lost Confession

    A shimmer of sunlight remains. Rippling water, stirred by an evening breeze, carries it away. The gathered clouds filter the setting sun; a pale disk descends behind an enshadowed ridge. You may ask why I recant. Why I subject myself to the stake decreed by your English court, the machination of my enemy–who can’t fathom…

  • early Spring

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: early Springin the yard near the housedaylilies beginto grow And in the summer, we will need to clear the path to the door, and so will have daylilies in the house too. https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/100_6107.jpg https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/100_6103.jpg July 2016 Ellen Grace Olinger

  • a pause – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: a pause after the thaw withered curls of grass . . ©️2019 Ontheland

  • Today’s Haiku (March 22, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 龍天に登り象形文字となる　　松尾隆信 ryû ten ni nobori shôkei moji to naru             going up to the sky             the dragon king becomes             a hieroglyph                                                 Takanobu Matsuo from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo Fay’s Note:   It was believed a…

  • “ticking clock…” a #tanka (3/22/19)

    3/22/19: prompt-free ticking clock and over the radio another call how long a Friday afternoon drags on #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Haiku – Presence

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? wisps of cloud cling to the hills— eagle’s cry ? spring lamb— out of the folds into the fold ? Presence, Issue 63, March 2019 ISSN 1366-5367

  • bloom of hope

    Originally posted on Tidbits by Shannon: #Haiku Happenings #5: Shannon Blood’s latest #haiga! Tidbits by Shannon View original post

  • Surrealistic Spring

    Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: ? Yesterday morning, the almost full moon set in a glowing, misty haze. Birds chattered and scolded me just before dawn, the day of the vernal equinox. Today, I bring some of the Purim Hamantaschen I baked to my mom. Philadelphia is a smeary charcoal drawing—damp…

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Frank J. Tassone

Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!

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