Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • Love Notes from a Courtesan

    Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: aromatic steam rises from a matcha bowl waiting for your lips to press against porcelain sweet taste of jasmine flowers our tantric dancing trips the light of galaxies we are earth and moon cheek to cheek and face to face inhaling each other’s breath when we last parted…

  • We turn away…(tanka)

    Originally posted on A Poet in Time: ? This tanka was published in Hedgerow, a journal of small poems ~ #130, Winter 2020 ? ? we turn away from all we just can’t face— the glistening red of a vulture’s head emerges from a carcass ? ? ? Poet’s note: Out of decay comes art and beauty.…

  • “sunlit ripples…” a #tanka (5/21/20)

    sunlit ripples as the current continues through the bend all the times I fought when I could have flowed #tanka #micropoetry #poetry I’m hosting MTB today at dVerse Poets, where we explore 5-line Japanese Poetic Forms. The pub is open! Come join us!

  • Morning

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: a slow dance in a gentle breeze – the flower celebrates morning Pat R 5/21/20

  • Sweetness in the air

    Sweetness in the air

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Eugenia’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • on memory’s wind

    Originally posted on K.: ghosts of lilacs shimmer with butterflies ambrosial For Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #139 fragrant breeze.

  • “a sea of stars…” a #tanka (5/21/20)

    5/21/20: unprompted a sea of stars obscured by clouds and yet I still hope #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Imagine my surprise … (tanka/kyoka)

    Originally posted on A Poet in Time:   Prune Juice, Journal of Senryu, Kyoka, Haibun & Haiga Issue #30, March 2020 ? ? both parents dead at sixty one – imagine my surprise the day I turned sixty-two ? ?

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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