Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Daily Haiku: Nov. 24, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: an old man learns two new words cherry blossom ? ? by Jennifer Hambrick (USA) Sakura Award Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, 2017 https://jenniferhambrick.com ? ?

  • the male deer dashes

    the male deer dashes

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: まだ角があり恋があり雄鹿駈く Still with antlers, still with love, the male deer — dashes! – Kaneko Mukanshi Art by Katsushika Hokusai

  • Butterfly

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: The things we do on our own as kids, is at times amazing. And sometimes, if we’re lucky, it stays with us. I don’t even remember how old I was. But I remember the lesson in school had been about caterpillars turning to butterflies. There had always been caterpillars…

  • Thanksgiving

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: For Frank J. Tassone’s latest haikai challenge. It’s more than turkey, Cranberries, pumpkin pie: Come all to the feast, Let’s be a grateful family, Gratitude creates bounty. ?

  • Haiku

    Originally posted on Bending moments: siblings… different narratives of our childhood (Tinywords issue 17.2 ) 23- 11 -17

  • Tanka: Counting Blessings

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Xenia Tran’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!

  • A Special #ThrowbackThursday 11/23/17 #haibun on comfort…#haiku #poetry #imaginarygardenswithrealtoads

    Cup of Tea, Cup of Coffee Eighteen years earlier across the pond, a cup of hot Earl Grey tea. Hot bitter-sweetness spreads out from the first sip. Daylight fills the living room through cream curtains. The hum of morning traffic arises from a busy Wigmore Street. Today, at home, a cup of hot Columbian coffee.…

  • A #Tanka for A Month with Yeats: Day Twenty-Three

    ‘…your hair was bound and wound About the stars and moon and sun:’—W.B. Yeats   morning clouds everywhere I see your face since you slipped away your presence a reflection on this rippling water   for Jane Dougherty’s A Month with Yeats: Day Twenty-Three

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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