Frank J. Tassone

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  • Tanka for swallows

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. evening swallows flockswooping through gnat-rich airsweeping the skysummer’s lingering heatbillows with bird memories

  • Hazy, lazy days

    Hazy, lazy days

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Eugenia’s latest haiku for my current #Haikai Challenge! Poesy Perspectives triumph of summer behold September swelter an intense farewell Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #155 (9/6/20): remaining heat (zansho) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga September is that month when some summer heat still sizzles. Those of you living in the New York…

  • #Haikai Challenge #155: remaining heat (zansho)

    Originally posted on Tao-Talk:   https://youtu.be/Uq4_Kir6uE0 Sun rides quivering leaves dancing with playful winds – warm apples redden.     Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says: Write the #Haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to remaining heat (zansho).

  • #Haikai Challenge #155 (9/6/20): remaining heat (zansho) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Had enough crickets and morning glories, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Xenia Tran3. s.s.4. Jane Dougherty5. Jules6. Colleen Chesebro7. Dave Madden 8. Cheryl9. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA10. willowdot2111. Janice12. Linda Lee Lyberg13. Goutam Dutta14. Peter 15. Revived Writer16. Linda Lee Lyberg (2)17. Christine Bolton18. Jen Goldie19. Al…

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    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: Simon Hanson ? worn stone letting go of dreams ? Jahan Tyson ? ?

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    Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: new pictureon my study wallcalendar for September Photo by Brad Wilkins on Pexels.com

  • Today’s Haiku (September 6, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 鳥に声人に心や初紅葉　　　瀬戸内敬舟 tori ni koe hito ni kokoro ya hatsumomiji             a bird has a voice             and a human has a heart…             first red maple leaves                                                 Keishu Setouchi from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • Brooms Out Back: an .@ImageCurve #Haibun

    The broom rests against the vinyl siding adjacent to the storm door. Its yellow bristles scatter out like unkempt hair from one side. A black foam guard overlays a gray plastic staff. Mira steps outside, chattering with her sister overseas. She sweeps curled, yellowing maple leaves on-handed as she converses about God-knows-what in Portuguese. Even…

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

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