Frank J. Tassone

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  • Haibun erased

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This is perhaps what the NaPoWriMo prompt intended. In my haibun I have put the words I kept in bold italics. Woken at four in the morning by a mad thrush singing its heart out, I watch the stars and the place where the tiny nail-clipping of a moon…

  • A #Waythrough Wednesday #Tanka (4/18/18)

    you sleep beside me after another hard day counseling toddlers I count every one of your short, deep breaths

  • Daily haiku – Haiku del giorno

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? ? Rose scent memory Carl Spitzweg · 1850 april dream it’s just enough to smell a rose sogno d’aprile il profumo di rose è quel che basta © A.M. ? ? ?

  • 1677

    Originally posted on feathers: ? ? if I open all the windows lilac ? ? bouquet

  • Haiga, Haiku & #18: Bouquet Stories & April NaHaiWriMo 2018

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * decorative yet warming the house a bouquet of tulips * for Prompt #18 NaHaiWriMo 4-18-2018 * Lynne Jambor April 18 BOUQUET *

  • Here. Now. Just This. A #haibun in the moment

    Photo by Daniel Weiss on Unsplash   One robin sings in spite of nightfall. A distant hum of some appliance drones outside. The stairs creak under Mira’s footsteps. The ledge of the Wall-unit desk has fewer chakas on them. My own tired eyes and enshadowed crows’ feet gaze at me from the mirror enclosed by the unit. A…

  • Today’s Haiku (April 18, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 方丈の大庇より春の蝶　　　高野素十 hôjô ôhisashi yori haru no chô from a canopy of the abbot’s residence a spring butterfly                                     Suju Takano from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Suju Takano (1893-1976)

  • Haibun- Warm Spring

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: Hummingbird and Ocotillo The air is fresh and bright on my early morning walk. Thrashers, perched on high treetops are beckoning for the sun to shine on them so they may bask in it’s warm light. The ocotillos are brilliant green with the top of each stalk sporting a fiery…

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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