Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Jazz Moon

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Barbara Kaufmann’s latest #haiga appears in Failed Haiku!

  • Haiku by Alan Summers

    Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: 
mythical river 
the colors of the sun
 up to moonrise *** This haiku is very evocative, but it has hidden subtlety. The description of the river as “mythical” seems to put us in the realm of the fairy tale, or imagination. And yet I am…

  • Silent Psalm: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse

    vernal equinox the ultimate sunlight from winter’s last day how long before we embrace the warmth of the new season? My first characters wore the faces of Hanna Barbara and Terrytoons Animation creations. Others bore the likeness of those from Tolkien, Greek mythology, DC and Marvel Comics, and Dungeons and Dragons. Derivative as they were,…

  • Shooting from the Hippie

    Originally posted on the other bunny: Dear Dad, How are you and Mom? In between quarrelling and trading abuses I mean. You really must take care of your health. Nasty thing, hypertension. A pal of mine tells me his father got paralysed after biffing his mother on the head with a bottle of Scotch. It…

  • MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS…

    Originally posted on kiwissoar: This has been a week of extremes – sorrow and joy fighting in my life.  My beloved home town has been the victim of another tragedy – this time a tragedy of hate, as fifty people lost their lives in the Mosque shootings.  How do you understand this kind of hatred. …

  • Trash fire

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Bill Waters’ haiku appears in Hedgerow! Update: Bill Waters withdrew his post after an update from Hedgerow, about which he informed me via email It’s been moved to the as-yet-to-be-published Hedgerow #127 Expect it soon!

  • “second day…” a #tanka (3/19/19)

    3:19/19: coincidence second day without her essay … coincidence? another phone call home to another parent #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • ”The night sounds…” —Dave Read Poetry

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Dave Read’s haiku appears in is/let! the night sounds of sick children swallowing the moon is/let October 2018 — Read on davereadpoetry.blogspot.com/2019/03/blog-post.html

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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