Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • By the Flying Fox

    #Haiku Happenings #14: Blake of Feline Alchemy’s latest haiku!

  • Tanka: First cherry blossom

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: The cherry blossom and the plum blossom is all finished here, just a few late arrivals still retain a few petals. This poem is for Frank Tassone’s weekly challenge, a tanka, a form I find difficult. ? Earth turns sunwards, blossom in its wake, a wave of pale feathers.…

  • A Complementary Conversation

      I am the lost one. You venture across your own ways, while I stumble in the dark. How will I know where to walk if you leave me alone? You have always left me alone. Here I am, crying dry tears and screaming in silence. Where are you? Why do you abandon me?  …

  • dreams and illusions

    Originally posted on Ontheland: This week’s Crossroads Challenge from Carpe Diem asks us to bring together two haiku, one by Arakida Moritake (1473-1549) and the other by Jane Reichhold (1937-2016).  First, my new haiku: high tide stroll with you beside my bedroom window spring winds roar in the trees ©️2018 Ontheland – Arakida Moritake (Tr.…

  • blossoms bringing smiles

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: The blossoms of a weeping cherry in our front yard would wait for the beginning of May to open. Among the photos I have of my mother, one of my favorites was taken in front of that tree. She spent her last two years living with us. Even after ten years,…

  • a willow tree

    a willow tree

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 靑柳の泥にしたるゝ鹽干かな ? aoyagi no doro ni shitaruru shiohi kana ? The green willow Trails upon the mud- Tide is low, indeed. -Matsuo Basho ? Art by Oda Kazuma, ” A willow tree in Niigata” ?

  • #Haikai Challenge #28 (4/7/18): first [cherry] blossoms (hatsu hana)…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      The Spring and Winter continue to dual in the Northeastern United States, haijin! Snow fell Thursday morning and melted away by Thursday afternoon. Nevertheless, the cold fights a rearguard action against the march of warmth.   Congratulations to last week’s contributors:   Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Jane Dougherty 2. Jules 3. Xenia Tran 4.…

  • path

    Originally posted on Project words: ? ? its path down the hillside spring rain ? ?

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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