Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • “Call and Answer to Ono no Komachi”

    Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: “Call and Answer” is one of the earliest in Japanese poetry.  Continuing the theme, a conversation, a communication with different inferences.  I decided to try my hand at this, and it was instructive and mostly….fun. Hers appear first, mine (as answering) appear in italics.  Lady Nyo – Did he…

  • Transforming Encounters: a #haibun through other eyes #haiku #poetry

    A roar. My rear legs step back. But I’m half out of the brush. Curious. What approaches?   A man. Seated on what makes the thunder. An “ATV,” I’ve heard humans say.   Our eyes meet. I half-step back. He stares, but he comes no closer.   I almost smile. Can he possibly know how…

  • A #Thanksgiving remembered #haibun #haiku #poetry

    Thanksgiving Weekend 2012   Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd Another wave of sickness strikes. I’m on my knees over the master bath toilet. Orange-and-brown bile fills water and stains the porcelain rim, along with the painted walls and freshly-washed tile. Blackness. A slow awakening, questions. How did I get here? Why did I wake up in…

  • #Tanka Tuesday 11/21/17…of Stags, Gratitude, and the Challenge of family #haiku #poetry

      ‘…by water among the trees The delicate-stepping stag and his lady sigh’ —W.B. Yeats   November morning A grown stag, his doe, their fawns graze near the water my gratitude for the challenge of raising my family     for Jane Dougherty’s A Month with Yeats: Day Twenty-one, Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry challenge–Thanks and Family and…

  • Gratitude…

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Sue Vincent’s latest #tanka!

  • Haibun: North Wind In November

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun!

  • Haibun 50

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: light a candle with a star flame is something we all secretly worship. a fire warms the hands and the soul. living in a dark skies area i find the stars of the milky way hotter than the artificial variety. i think all the fires in the world in the…

  • Under the Basho

    Originally posted on Project words: Delighted to see my personal best haiku for 2017 published in Under the Basho 2017 ? http://underthebasho.com/2017-issue/poets-personal-best/2047-sutcliffe,-rachel.html

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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