Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/12/18)

    6/12/18: Endeavour Great Barrier Reef … the ensuing centuries since Endeavour #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Autumn Moon

    Originally posted on Project words: ? Delighted to appear in the Spring/Summer issue of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal ? spring rain the child jumps from cloud to cloud ? Rachel Sutcliffe Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 1.2 Spring/Summer 2018 https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com

  • Haiku – Autumn Moon

    Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? summer heat a willow dips its roots in the river ? Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, vol 1:2, Spring/Summer 2018 https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com

  • One Day

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: The hibiscus flower blooms only for one day then dries up.  I am amazed that such beauty is so short-lived. Yet it opens in all its splendid glory making the most of that one day in the sunlight. If you or I were only promised one day of life, would…

  • The Use of Freedom

      A Bald Eagle circles high above the fjord. Sunlight shines intermitently between gathering clouds. Far below, an osprey snatches an unwary fish from the rushing waters of the fjord. It brings its quarry to the shore. The eagle dives toward it in breath-catching speed. A short struggle ends with the osprey in flight–without the…

  • Haiku allo specchio – Mirroring haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Paul Klee: Dancing Under The Empire Of Fear, 1938 chicchi di riso – i sogni rimbalzano dietro alla luna rice grains – dreams bounce away after the moon puzzle pieces … trying to put together what remains of a life pezzi del puzzle … ricongiungere adagio resti di vita…

  • Two Pieces

    Originally posted on the other bunny: Ballistic Gravitas Amelia’s bones say nothing as air raid sirens wail. noon sun the frigate bird nabs a flying fish . Crude unmixed oil slicks press against dolphin skin fall leaves… a plastic bag gapes wide as Texas Theresa A. Cancro

  • Today’s Haiku (June 11, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 飛魚が飛ぶためノート空けてある　　福岡日向子 tobiuo ga tobu tame nôto akete aru             for a flying fish to fly             I leave space             in my notebook                                                 Hinako Fukuoka from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine, December 2016 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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