Frank J. Tassone

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  • Verum Honorem

      We say we want the truth. But the ancient Assyrians had a saying: “Tell the truth, but leave soon after.” They knew what we won’t admit–no one wants to bear the truth.   Whether its stoning prophets during Biblical times, or declaring reporters the “Enemy of the people,” We don’t want the truth. We…

  • Haiku challenge: Truth & Honour

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Ronovan’s weekly haikai prompt ? There is a truth in the turning season— though the sun dips low into the darkest night, dawn always honours sun’s return.

  • Today’ s Haiku (November 12, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 芭蕉飲みし水の湧き出づ竹の春　　　阿部月山子 bashô nomishi mizu no wakiizu take no haru             water Basho tasted             gushes out…             bamboos in their spring                                                             Gassanshi Abe from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December　2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  ‘take no haru…

  • Pravat Kumar Padhy’s Wave

    Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: wave after wave on an incessant journey another sunset when I long to change the taste of salt, the colour of the wind Skylark, 2:2 Winter Issue 2014 © Pravat Kumar Padhy (India) I feel that this tanka is about a hardship that a person is passing through. “Wave after…

  • “November frost…” a #tanka (11/12/18)

    11/12/18: your flight November frost my flight from a past that remains how can a clear blue sky deliver such cold comfort? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: Nov. 12, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: forest bench I sit where the sun sat     by Tanya McDonald  (USA) Frogpond, Vol. 41:1, 2018

  • touch

    Originally posted on Project words: ? a touch of autumn on the branches these leaves ? ?

  • Haiku del giorno – Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Kenny Harris ? metà novembre – resiste qualche foglia a questo grigio half november some leaves withstand all this grey © A.M.

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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