Frank J. Tassone

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  • #Tanka Tuesday #2: of Mystery and Dreams

    photo credit   Autumn mystery colored leaves the last remains of our summer dreams these abbreviated days their accompanying cold   for Kiwinana’s Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge week 70–Mystery and dreams and Toads’ Tuesday Platform UPDATE: and for Thotpurge’s Micropoetry Month: Nov 2017 #7    

  • #Tanka Tuesday 11/7/17…of Autumn leaves and Starlit Nights…

      Credit: ESA/Hubble; NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration     windblown bracts the gaze of fall starlight on high tide what better lullaby than wind on water?   For Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Tuesday Challenge: November 7th prompt: synonyms of Autumn and leaves Jane Dougherty’s a Month with Yeats: Day 7: “These lines are…

  • Splash of Color

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: fallen leaves splash color under autumn skies Ooops! We are suppose to be using synonyms, so here goes: – fallen fronds splash color under gray fall skies Pat R 11/07/17 For Colleens Weekly Poetry Challenge : Leaves & Autumn ?

  • Tanka Tuesday: Autumn & Leaves

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: While Colleen is beavering away on her next novel, she has left the rest of us idlers a few ideas to chew over. Here’s my tanka for this week’s prompt. ? They still cling, the leaves, though the frost has bit, first bite, hard, white and thick-furred. This autumn,…

  • Tanka: Once The Fog Lifts

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Xenia Tran’s latest #tanka for Carpe Diem!

  • autumn moonlight

    autumn moonlight

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: ? Autumn moonlight a worm digs silently into the chestnut. -Matsuo Basho ?

  • back to the root

    Originally posted on Ontheland: My poem, a troiku, is based on this haiku by Matsuo Basho: falling to the ground a flower closer to the root bidding farewell ©Basho trans. by Jane Reichhold ~ Troiku: falling to the ground changed colours of autumn floating to the earth a flower closer to the root touching its…

  • Remember, Remember

    Originally posted on revivedwriter: Written for Frank J. Tassone’s haikai challenge #6, which is about saints and souls. November’s first two Days celebrate the endings, The nights of each life. After this valley of tears, We pray we all rest in peace.

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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