Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Richard Wright Haiku

    Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: Richard Wright, of course, is best known for his books about race in the U.S.A–“Black Boy” and “Native Son.” In the last few years of his life he was an expatriate in France, and started writing haiku. It’s always fascinating when a writer skilled in…

  • Heat Wave -Tan Renga

    Originally posted on Ada's Poetry Alcove (2): Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday #17 such a hot daymy shadow needs to cool downunder the willow © Kyoshi Takahama (1874-1958) such a hot daymy shadow needs to cool downunder the willowinsect cadence rise and fallsingle grey cloud melts away

  • Untitled post 23814

    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: Gavin Austin ? breaking drought a magpie opens wings to the rain ? Quendryth Young ? ?

  • Spent Lives: a #Tanka-Prose

    Playing Rock-Paper-Scissor to see which of us would drive the rent-a-car. After a flight to Denver from New York, during which we drank Heineken after Heinekan. Driving over switchbacks through the Rockies. At night. With an squeaky-breaked 18-wheeler behind us. Getting knocked into the frigid Animus River in level-5 rapids during our first white-water-rafting experience.…

  • collection

    Originally posted on Living as Kohaku: beneath umbrellaspeople who gather, alonenow finding power;because the whole is more thansimply the sum of its parts…

  • an odd flower – – tanka

    Originally posted on Ontheland: an odd flower on the mint moves sideways . . . a prayer cloaked in illusion . . Praying mantis on the catmint . . ©️2020 Ontheland

  • Tanka by Susan Godwin

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: wintry mix– the small coffin is lowered springtime narcissus prematurely planted   by Susan Godwin (USA) Ribbons

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/16/20)

    8/16/20: train still waiting“on a downtown train…”rainfall #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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