Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Otata 38, February 2019

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Joseph Sudok   fiore di loto finanche la neve ha un profumo lotus flower  even the snow has a scent   neve gelata – tutto quel silenzio nelle parole frosted snow all that silence in his  words succo d’arancia – un’improvvisa voglia di cieli tersi orange juice a sudden…

  • Pipe Dream

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

  • Angular Momentum (haiku)

    Angular Momentum (haiku)

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (2/1/19): M. G. Iannucchi’s latest haiku!

  • It’s time for #NaHaiWriMo!

    It’s that time again! February begins tomorrow, and with it, National Haiku Writing Month. Once again, NaHaiWriMo has us covered: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnotes%2Fnahaiwrimo%2Ffebruary-2019-daily-writing-prompts%2F2263769200354815%2F&width=500 I plan to participate, as I did last year. Those of you that followed for a long time may notice that I’ve posted haiku daily for nearly a year. I will continue to do…

  • Big Wheel Stunts

    The rumbling of my Big Wheels on the blacktop. The pulled handle break, the spin out, and the way I face the way I’ve come. How fast could I ride down the hill of the driveway from the top? a blue jayperched on a Chinese maple …another skid stop Photo by felipe lopez first published in…

  • January Walk By The River

    January Walk By The River

    Originally posted on Where The Soul Dances With Light: A whir of wings – ducks in formation circle; break the water’s surface with a gentle “whoosh,” cleaving v-shaped furrows in their wake. ? Image courtesy of Free-Photos.

  • THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT…

    Originally posted on kiwissoar: I was woken by a small earthquake in the early hours of this morning. Here in the ‘shaky islands’ of New Zealand theories and legends about earthquakes abound – concepts such as earthquake weather, which probably has some small basis in fact as pressure changes affect the earth’s surface.  There are…

  • Tribute: Rachel Sutcliffe

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: Recently Rachel Sutcliff died.  She was a consummate artist of haiku.  She was a member of the British Haiku society and often featured on Frank Tassone’s site about Haijin and writing of haibun, tanka, haiku.  She suffered from an immune deficiency disorder and died a little every day.  Her voice…

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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