Frank J. Tassone

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  • winter

    Originally posted on Project words: winter solstice on the edge of darkness shooting stars ? ? ?

  • no sense of winter

    no sense of winter

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 石枯て水しぼめるや冬もなし ? ishi karete mizu shibomeru ya fuyu mo nashi Stones emerge as The water loses vigour, yet I feel no sense of winter -Matsuo Basho ? Art by Ohtsu Kazuyuki

  • #Senryu Saturday (12/16/17) #haiku #poetry

    no way out the only way out is through

  • the cold creeps in

    the cold creeps in

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: うしろから寒が入る也壁の穴 ushiro kara kan ga iru nari kabe no ana Behind me The cold creeps in: through The cracks in my walls -Kobayashi Issa ? Art by Kawase Hasui, “Inokashira in Snow”

  • Rachel Sutcliffe

    Originally posted on Project words: Delighted to be published here today! via Rachel Sutcliffe ?

  • Blithe Spirit, 27.4, Winter 2017

    Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: The winter issue of Blithe Spirit, 27.4 is here! Thank you so much to editor Shrikaanth K. Murthyfor this great work. I’m very honored to be part of British Haiku Society. Congratulations everyone! kakemono … I write my name next to yours jar of porcelain among the cracks my old…

  • #Free-style Friday (12/15/17): My latest is up…Morning Thunderstorm – #Haibun #haiku #poetry| .@ImageCurve

    Morning Thunderstorm   The skylight rattles under a tumult of fresh rain. The windchime dances in a sudden wind; it’s tritonal melody incessantly plays on. Thunder booms. The storm ebbs and flows. Lightning flashes twice. Thunderclaps follow. The road through it awaits. cloudbreak cottontails graze on wet grass   first published in Image Curve, December…

  • Today’s Haiku (December 15, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 冬銀河コトリとひとり降ろしけり　谷口慎也 fuyuginga kotorito hitori oroshikeri winter milky way letting one person get off with a subtle sound                                                 Shinya Taniguchi from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) ,  June 2009 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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