Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • A Yellow Butterfly Wing

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Barbara Kaufmann’s latest #tanka appears in Skylark!

  • Today’s Haiku (January 9, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 外套の襟立てて世に容れられず　　　加藤楸邨 gaitô no eri tatete yo ni irerarezu             I turn up my coat’s collar             not being accepted             in the world                                                             Shuson Kato from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine),  July 2017 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  Shuson Kato…

  • Grecian Grace

    We saw it at a tourist trap in Mykonos during our honeymoon. The vivid sunburst hue in the sky and sea caught our eye. The iconic way the painting captured the quintessential, Greek seaside town won us over. We could almost feel the breeze blowing the arms of the windmill. It has hung in our…

  • “as the stars come out…” a #tanka (1/8/19)

    1/8/19: recycling as the stars come out he gets the recycling to the icy curb somewhere else a chorus of nightingales sing #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Eufemia Griffo – Failed Haiku, Jan. 2019

    Originally posted on Memorie di una Geisha, multiblog internazionale di Haiku: dissolved mist the thin shape of my wishes nebbia dissolta la forma sottile dei miei desideri Eufemia Griffo

  • Monoku for Today

    Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: Realize the joint I want to eat at is still in San Francisco… Miriam Sagan Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Puppet

    Originally posted on Grahn Song: this time I’ve spent beyond the beginning a shadow puppet in the theatre of illusion

  • My Daily #Haiku (1/8/19)

    barren trees snow and ice on the road before the commute #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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