Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Haiku

    Originally posted on Bending moments: telephone cables the cross purposes of our conversation * (tsuri -dōrō, March/ April 2022)

  • Today’s Haiku (April 2, 2022)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 春暁や阿修羅の放つ火のにほひ　　　宇佐美魚目 shungyô ya ashura no hanatsu hi no nioi ??????????? spring dawn—             the scent of a fire ??????????? Asura throws ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Gyomoku Usami from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:? Gyomoku Usami (1926-2018)

  • early April

    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: early Apriland warm enoughfor rain Photo by Elena Umyskova on Pexels.com

  • Foolish Bodily Inquiries

    She asks me how my knees are. It’s a loaded question, and we both know it. She saw me struggle to my feet multiple times last fall. There is the inevitable grunt that follows the creaking of 51-year-old knees that have touched the floor over a 26- year career. “Seriously, Mister. How are those old…

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/31/22)

    3/31/22: peace smoking debris…the fitful flightof a dove #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: March 31, 2022

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: ? ? ? ?drawn to the train in the toyshop window ? ? ? ? . . . snow flurries ? ? ? by Michael McClintock (USA), Author Sketches from the San Joaquin, 2009 Turtle Light Press Haiku Chapbook Competition Winner

  • For Good Measure

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: he startles the dogwith a sneeze and a sneeze –then a sneeze —— © Steve Mitchell 2022 

  • Poetry Pea, S5E6, colours in haiku and seryu

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: My haiku on this Podcast, full of colours. sumi-e workshop black is not always just black And this one will also appear, with the first one, on The Poetry Pea Journal 1:22. cornflowers Vincent understood their blue © A.M. https://youtu.be/8VQ6qwC34Rg

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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