Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • A History (and Legacy) of Handwriting: a #haibun about script…#haiku #poetry

      Second grade. I follow the exercises in the book. Up and down, up and down, up and down. Then the next set: round and round and round again, left to right on the lines across the page. All to accomplish handwriting the alphabet in script.   first penmanship … watching outside our window a…

  • Daily Haiku: Jan. 24, 2018

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu singles night the loud chatter of loneliness by George Swede  (Canada) Haiku Canada Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, February 2016 ?

  • moonlit

    Originally posted on Project words: moonlit forest bare boughs sparkle with stars ? ?

  • Creative Notes

    Originally posted on Haiku Art Site: I am reviewing my archives, and these are some posts that may be of interest to new readers. Haiku and Tanka by Margarita Engle The Osprey by Merrill Ann Gonzales – a painting Two Haiku by Billie Wilson * And a few notes for other sites: Mann Library’s Daily…

  • ice in his bowl

    ice in his bowl

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 筆濯ぐ應擧が鉢に氷哉 fude susugu ōkyo ga hachi ni kōri kana Rinsing his brush Ōkyo finds in his bowl Ice has formed! -Yosa Buson

  • Hawk in the air

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This one, on Frank Tassone’s ‘hawk’ theme is for the great lady of letters who has just left us, flown to a better world than this. Bonne route, Ursula. ? I would be a hawk in the air and spit in winter’s eye.

  • #Tanka Tuesday (1/23/18): The joys of bronchitis…#feature #haibun

      Wondering why I haven’t posted anything of my own since Saturday? Well, it began as a cough. It expanded to chronic, and by Saturday I needed to cancel my performance at Rockland Poet’s January Open Mic (at least I wasn’t the feature!). Chronic became incessant by Sunday. I took off yesterday and today before…

  • Fresh

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Footprints in the snow Ephemeral memories Slowly disappear The essence of the moment Fresh as a winter morning

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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