Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • #VisionQuest: a #NewYears Manifesto #haibun #haiku #poetry

    Over at Real Toads, Bjorn calls on us to write a manifesto for 2018. I’m one for goals, not New Year’s resolutions. But when I reflected on this post, I realize there is one vision I can achieve, and 2018’s as good a year as any to do so. I have practiced centering prayer for…

  • #NewYearsEve flashback: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    New Year’s Dinner Gathered at the end of the table: Platters of feijoada (pig’s feet with chick peas), trays of rice, glasses topped with red wine so deep and strong it could pass for whiskey. Mira puts down a plate of Carne Alentejana (Pork Cubes with Clams and fried potatoes). My favorite. The men talk…

  • Haiku for a New Year by Carol Purington

    Originally posted on Haiku Art Site: Warm kitchen corner The rocking chair bumps along a rug of braided time Winter scarecrow: his parka pockets lumpy with snowballs January thaw The top of the picnic table collects sky Attic loom Brights and shadows cross-hatch the wideboard wall by Carol Purington All Rights Reserved Please visit Woodslawn…

  • (g) hc 14 LIGHT; a hope, a wish, a blessing (renga) (12.31)

    #Haiku Happenings #12: Jules’ latest #renga for my current  #haikai challenge! via (g) hc 14 LIGHT: a hope, a wish, a blessing (renga) (12.31)

  • Daily Haiku: Dec. 31, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: losing you– a wash of deep blue across the sky ? ? by Mary Kendall  (USA) Editor’s Choice, cattails, October 2017 ?

  • Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: (taken tonight, December 30th, 2017, looking East) ? The full moon above floats on blackened velvet sea- poet’s perfection! But who does not yearn for a crescent in lavender sky? – Jane Kohut-Bartels Copyrighted, 2017 – (“Moon” originally appeared in “A Seasoning of Lust”, 2sd edition,  2016, Amazon.com)

  • Catch & Release

    Originally posted on Zander In Print: Catching releasing — Stomping the snow from my boots Sweeping the threshold Flurries of moments fly free Making room for eighteen new Z for Frank J. Tassone’s Haikai Challenge #14 Kigo: New Year Happy New Year!   Zander ? ?

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    Originally posted on Project words: new year’s eve by firelight I finish my last line ? ? ? ? ?

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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