Frank J. Tassone

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  • Barren Trees

    Barren Trees

    Originally posted on Smell The Coffee: Where do dead leaves go? now mulch under falling snow daubed in mud and rain barren trees remain silent awaiting promise of spring ©Vivian Zems (#Tanka) Image by Donna Wilson Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge #63~cover, precipitation synonyms

  • Ka o Saguru

    Ka o Saguru

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 香を探る梅に藏見る軒端哉 ka o saguru ume ni kura miru nokiba kana Seeking out the scent Of plum, I find them by the storehouse Underneath the eaves. -Matsuo Basho

  • #Tanka Tuesday #2: A #Tanka for Kiwinana’s Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge – Week 76 – Christmas & Joy

    Kiwinana asks us to use Christmas and Joy in a tanka…   Christmas Eve the joy in the children’s eyes as they unwrap gifts aroma of octopus lingering in the air    

  • #Tanka Tuesday #1: A #Tanka for Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge #63…cover and precipitation (#synonymsonly)

    Colleen asks us to use synonyms of cover and precipitation for this week’s #poetry challenge…   snowfall we throw off our comforter in sudden heat Oh, if only we could spend the day nestled in our bed!      

  • Blithe Spirit 27.4 winter 2017

    Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: ? autumn twilight … the bitter smile of my father * Eufemia Griffo ( In this photo, the Italian actor, Marcello Mastroianni)

  • This Winter

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: For Frank J. Tassone’s haikai challenge, which this week is about the winter solstice. Here in southern California, we don’t really have seasons, but it is getting a little colder. I love this time if year! However, the fires worry me, though I live far enough away. In California, Mid-December comes…

  • Haiku

    Originally posted on Bending moments: unraveling a memory a babble of lorikeets lightens mother’s face *** autumn mist muffled shadows in the park *** retaining wall from its crack a footloose freesia *** (Blithe Spirit Vol.27, Number 4)

  • Winter Solstice: Tanka

    Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: This is a tanka for Frank Tassone’s Haiku Challenge. The prompt is winter solstice, which takes place this Thursday. Though we had snow on Friday, it’s now actually unseasonably warm here in south Jersey. ? ? Violet skies roost over white snow shadow-kissed– this, the longest…

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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