Frank J. Tassone

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  • Haiku 12262018

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: day after Christmas lies in tattered shreds covered with heavy frost

  • Haibun 167

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: beauty walks a razors edge when my flesh turns into a wisp of smoke. everything will become quiet again. wherever i begin this journey i will return to that very place. equanimity brings its own peace. nothing in that space is partial or judgemental. after christmas the elf on the…

  • Merry Christmas! (2018)

    May all of you that celebrate enjoy a very, merry Christmas! I am taking off tomorrow, so I will see you all Wednesday! Christmas unwrapping presents with my greatest gifts

  • This Year’s Christmas Tree

    Deep Evergreen. Full. Red and gold balls and bells; tops with gilded bands; Russian-esque spires all around. Four sets of lights; the white nina doll ornaments Mira loves. The giant bow. Our Christmas tree, welcoming as ever. Shadows deep within the brightly-lit boughs — the only hint of sorrow in the joy cold nightwe place…

  • Daily Haiku: Dec. 24, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: until mountains come between us migrating cranes by Sandi Pray (USA) The Heron’s Nest, Fall 2018

  • Haiku – Stardust

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? moonless night a lappet moth taps on the window ? Stardust Haiku Journal, Issue 24, December, 2018 https://drive.google.com/file/d/129opSmTfiWc0Y_OYAb5b20ewLLTtXeFL/view

  • s 12.24 infusion of spirits /haikai 66, MLMM Sat Mix/ haiku set

    Haiku Happenings #10: Jules’ latest haiku sequence for my current #haikai challenge! infusion of spirits *unstable the plansof mauling sales; who is wiselast minute shoppers*mixology ofholidays; bagels and lox,avoiding the mall*up to frozen lochsfor skating on thicker ice?her locks flow freely*shrimp on the barbie;down under there is no snowcelebrations rock!*lovingkindness ahighlighted key to extendall the…

  • O Holy Night: A #tankaprose (Redux)

    those shepherds’ reality Cold, starry night pierced by novel light among the singing stars they find a manger-laden babe A veil of all-to-human darkness fallen upon the world. Client-kings cater to the lock-step of Legionnaires bearing the word of Caesar. How could such a new star shine for the newborn of a woman whose own husband denies paternity?…

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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