Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Today’s Haiku (December 18, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 子は親に嘘をつくもの冬満月　　長山香織 ko wa oya ni uso o tsuku mono fuyu mangetsu a child always lies to a parent winter full moon                                     Kaori Nagayama from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, January 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • Daily Haiku: Dec. 18, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Over the houseboats a great blue heron lifts off through the mist ?  by Alexis Rotella  (USA)  Modern Haiku, Vol. XXX, No. 3, Fall, 1999

  • a kitten

    a kitten

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 猫の子のちよつと押へる木の葉哉 neko no ko no chotto osaeru ko no ha kana A kitten Taps at A fallen leaf. -Kobayashi Issa ? Art by Muramasa Kudo

  • #Haikai Challenge #12 (12/17/17): Winter Solstice #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    (Illumination of Earth by Sun on the day of winter solstice on northern hemisphere. Image by Przemyslaw “Blueshade” Idzkiewicz.) Look who ran the gauntlet of last week’s Haikai Challenge: qbit– Haiku–Ever Falling Green Snow Jules Paige– Light; opaque obstructions Charley– Haiku: Snow on Evergreen Jilly– Perennial Petru– Tanka Xenia Trans– Haiku: First Snow ; Haibun:…

  • Beholden (Tanka)

    Beholden (Tanka)

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Maria Gianna Iannucci‘s latest #tanka!

  • Peace

    Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: the echo of bells punctuated by silence giving thanks for peace Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Wikipedia My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #1 again peace In the first episode of CDHK’s traditional countdown to Christmas feature, ‘Seven Days Before…

  • Today’s Haiku (December 17, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 葱刻むいまだ男尊女卑の国　　仲　寒蝉 negi kizamu imada dansonjohi no kuni cutting a scallion this country still with male chauvinism                                                 Kansen Naka from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, January 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • Daily Haiku: Dec. 17, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu ? broken doll my dreams of becoming a doctor ? by Rachel Sutcliffe  (UK) hedgerow, #116, 2017 ? ?

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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