Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Garden Tanka

    Originally posted on Haiku Art Site: icicles growby my study windowwinter settlesin the gardenfor a time grey skyand evergreensbirch tree branchessnow and iciclesquiet colors January 2021 – Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin Photo by Yan on Pexels.com

  • from the Icebox inbox – 48

    Originally posted on Icebox: a coruscation of moonlight across the dark sea— election results Sydney Solis, Florida My sandwich vanishes— A kite flies away Into the autumn sky Hiyori Nakao, Kyoto Univ. Crossing Sanjo Bridge white hilltops in the distance he blows on his hands Peter MacIntosh, Kyoto pause in the traffic… the pop of…

  • My Daily #Haiku (1/9/21)

    1/9/21: tree frog and language twilightsomewhere a tree frogawakens they say “silenceis God’s first language…”twilight #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: Jan. 9, 2021

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu stifling a yawnin the companyof myself   by Tom Clausen (USA) http://www.tomclausen.wordpress.com, Jan. 29, 2014

  • Prayer (a tanka)

    Originally posted on A Poet in Time: So careful a gardener, he patiently weeds between the pebbles. ? This tanka is dedicated to my dear husband, Ritchie Kendall.   each day you kneel and work in the garden I can think of nothing more prayer-like than this ? ? Published in the Tanka Society of…

  • Today’s Haiku (January 9, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): あまたなる足音を吸い枯木道　　恒藤滋生　 amata naru ashioto o sui kareki-michi sucking numerous footsteps the street with withered trees ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Shigeo Tsunefuji from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

  • “Although they came…” a #tanka (1/8/21)

    1/8/21: inspiration- “steal the sword” Although they cameinvading the capitalscreaming “stop the steal”they were “a sound and furysignifying nothing” #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Daily Haiku: Jan. 8, 2021

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: autumn . . . colours of the wind     by Nisha Raviprasad (India)  

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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