Frank J. Tassone

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  • shifting

    Originally posted on Project words: shifting darkness white flakes fall through sunrise ? ?

  • #throwdown Thursday 12/7/17…My latest is up: First Stiches – #Haibun #haiku #poetry | Image Curve

    First Stiches BY FRANK J. TASSONE · 7TH DECEMBER 2017 Haibun I run in the day care center’s playground. Somewhere past the slide, the jungle gym and some swings, I slip and fall. My left hand thumps hard against the ground. I stand up. The hand throbs. I turn it over. Blood covers my palm…

  • Today’s Haiku (December 7, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 砂浜の忘れ鏡に霜の声　　　　源　鬼彦 sunahama no wasure kagami ni shimo no koe from the mirror forgotten at the beach a voice of hoarfrost                                     Onihiko Minamoto from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, December 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • Daily Haiku Special, Dec. 7, 2017–A Classic: The Unworn Necklace by Roberta Beary

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Attention loyal readers and followers: Roberta Beary’s classic haiku collection, The Unworn Necklace, is hot off the press yet again! This is its fifth printing. It was first published in 2007, and is a favorite of avid haikuists worldwide. As many of you know, Beary is a multi-award-winning…

  • first snow

    first snow

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 初雪や  いつ大仏の  柱立 Hatsu-yuki ya     Itsu daibutsuno      Hashira-date ? The first snow, When is the pillar set up For the Great Buddha? -Matsuo Basho ? Art by Kawase Hasui, “Tenno-ji Temple in Snow”

  • Workplace Haiku

    Originally posted on Project words: Delighted to appear once again today in Jim Kacian’s Haiku in The Workplace – just when I thought I’d got the job my stomach rumbles Rachel Sutcliffe Haiku Foundation Haiku in the Workplace 05/12/17 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/12/05/haiku-in-the-workplace-the-career-defining-interview/

  • Christmas in Kyoto

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Toni’s latest #haibun for #dversepoets!

  • Today’s Haiku (December 6, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 白障子午前の鳥と午後の鳥　　西山ゆり子 shiroshôji gozen no tori to gogo no tori white paper screen birds in the morning and birds in the afternoon                                     Yuriko Nishiyama from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2016 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  ‘shôji’ (paper screen) is a winter…

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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