Frank J. Tassone

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  • Haiku del giorno – Daily haiku

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: cipressicontinuo a scriveredi nuvole in viaggio cypressesI keep on writingof traveling clouds © A.M. Foto A.M.

  • Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: winter in its talons the eagle flies into the dawning sun

  • Today’s Haiku (March 28, 2023)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 蛇出でてすぐに女人に会ひにけり　　橋本多佳子 hebi idete suguni nyonin ni ainikeri ??????????? a snake out of a hole ??????????? immediately it meets ??????????? a woman ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Takako Hashimoto? from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:?? Takako Hashimoto (1899-1963) “hebi ana o deru” (a snake…

  • Unrelenting

    An assignment. Then two, then many: The “to do” list grows, a field of weeds in bloom. The hours available to meet such responsibilities dwindle before their demand. I plunge foward through the maelstrom, only to be born away. The refrain of a familiar Billy Joel song ever playing in my head… crysalis the striving…

  • “South Fallsburg…” a #tanka (3/27/23)

    3/27/23: we can’t go back South Fallsburg the remains of the Pines Hotel another reminder of how we can’t go back #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/27/23)

    3/27/23: scribble swallow song a toddler’s scribble in the sandbox #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/24/23)

    3/24/23: padlock nightfall across the junkyard gate a rusty padlock #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (March 23, 2023)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): よき旅をしたる思ひの朝寝かな　　　村越化石　　　 yoki tabi o shitaru omoi no asane kana ??????????? feeling as if I had ??????????? a good trip ??????????? sleeping in… ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Kaseki Murakoshi from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:?? Kaseki Murakoshi (1992-2014)? “asane” (sleeping in) is a…

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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