Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Naaldekoker

    Naaldekoker

    Originally posted on Haiku out of Africa: dragonfly hovers ~ waiting for its mate to join ~ in their complex dance — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Afrika

  • Nothing

    Originally posted on haiku tree: open window there’s nothing but the sun ?

  • #Freeverse Friday #2: A spontaneous dinner-dance with Amalia Rodrigues…#haibun #haiku #poetry

    We finish Mira’s homemade pizza. She’s cooked a perfect pie, complete with a savory crust that holds the cheese, pepper, onions and marinara sauce without breaking apart. With dinner done, she opens spotify and finds Amalia Rodrigues, Portugal’s most famous woman Fado singer. Her melodic, reviberating and intense crescendos fill the kitchen, move us out…

  • haibun: A Year in the Life of a Tree

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: This is for Wordy Thursday over at Real Toads.  We are to write positively about trees, the Wild Woman movement, climate change, etc.  there is a movement afoot called “Tree Sisters: Seeding for Change, aim to plant a billion trees world-wide this year, and they are well on their way.” …

  • “My Little Bit of Heaven,” A #Tanka

    “My Little Bit of Heaven,” A #Tanka

    #Haiku Happenings #12: Colleen Cheesbro’s latest #tanka for her latest Weekly Poetry Challenge!

  • #Freestyle Friday (1/19/18): A #haibun tree tribute…#haiku #poetry .@ImageCurve

    Spring Suite, Finis: Apple Trees   The apple tree in our backyard has grown back. Dad and I trimmed it way back before he died. It’s full again, leaves covering its crowning branches in a mane of green. Frankie’s step remains at the base of the trunk: a two-by-four we nailed just below the trunk…

  • Today’s Haiku (January 19, 2018)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 晩年の犬の歩みや冬たんぽぽ　　　広渡敬雄 bannen no inu no ayumi ya fuyu tampopo             footsteps of a dog             in its old age—             winter dandelion                                                 Takao Hirowatari from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, December 2016 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

  • Shoreless

    Originally posted on haiku tree: moonlight tide clouds rush by a shoreless sky ?

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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