Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Cold snap! (haiga)

    Originally posted on A Poet in Time: ? ? ? This Haiga was published in Prune Juice, A Journal of Senryu, Kyoka,  Haibun and Haiga, Issue 23, November 2017. Note on the photo: I took this picture on a beautiful, sunny winter day in Greenwich Park, Greenwich, London. Greenwich Park is one of the beautiful Royal…

  • Daily Haiku: Nov. 16, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: chipping fish from ice I miss her sense of humor by LeRoy Gorman  (Canada) Modern Haiku, Vol. 44:2, Summer 2013 ?

  • the travel in the end

    the travel in the end

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: つひにゆく 道とはかねて 聞きしかど 昨日今日とは 思はざりしを tsui ni yuku  michi to wa kanete kikishikado kinō kyō to wa omouwazarishi wo ? Long ago I heard That this is the road we must all Travel in the end, But I never thought it might Be yesterday or today. -Ariwara no…

  • A #tankaProse for A Month with Yeats: Day 15 #haibun #tanka #poetry #dversepoets

    By John M, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.’ —W.B. Yeats A Blood Rose Victory The stars fall as the last light of day fades. Tails of fire light…

  • Silent Road

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: This is posted for Poets United Midweek Motif – Meteor showers.  It is also posted at dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night.  This happened years ago.  It is an extended haibun. Silent Road Delta Aquarids – escape from city lights – the veiled stars will unveil Hot night in July –needing…

  • Gardenia Scent

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: gardenia scent wafts as we snuggle on the porch under summer moon. Pat R 11/15/17 For Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge Prompt : Smell & Cozy ( using synonyms). ?

  • Today’s Haiku (November 15, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 木に戻したきほどの色柿落葉　　　片山由美子 ki ni modoshitaki hodo no iro kaki ochiba I wish I could return it to the tree a color of the fallen persimmon leaf                         Yumiko Katayama from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, December 2014 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

  • Daily Haiku: Nov. 15, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: rush hour a butterfly emerges from its cocoon by Billy Antonio (The Philippines) Runner-Up Golden Haiku Contest, 2017 ?

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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