Frank J. Tassone

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  • Peaceful

    Originally posted on C.B. Wentworth: orange blossoms mix with lavender a peaceful sky ? *** Photo: Arizona sunset, c.b.w. 2020 Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2020 ?

  • neck

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: last year’s reeds a swan drinking

  • #Publication Alert: a Premier in the Inaugural edition of Drifting Sands Haibun

    I’m happy to announce that one of my Haibun, “The Renewal of an Apocalyptic Affair,” has been published in the first edition of the new Haibun Journal, Drifting Sands Haibun! Thank you, Richard Grahn and Cyndi Lloyd!

  • Total Second-to-lasts: a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #TankaProse

    Graduation day precedes final report card pick-up. The “Last Dance” at Senior Prom precedes some final melody. A roll of thunder follows a lightening strike–before the last flash of the storm. A parry during a fencing match lands before the ultimate riposte. How these penultimates eclipse the end! dogs, fish, lizards, mice … that heartbreaking…

  • My New Book Featured on Eufemia Griffo’s Blog

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Dear Readers and Followers, I am so pleased and honored to have news about my new book, Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing featured in both Italian and English by prolific writer and poet Eufemia Griffo. Many thanks to Eufemia for her interest in my book! She blogs…

  • Today’s Haiku (April 29, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): スイートピーやさしい言葉つまらなく　　高橋桃衣 suiitopii yasashii kotoba trumaranaku             sweet pea             I find the kind words             are boring                                                 Toi Takahashi from “Haboku” (Sumi-e Ink), haiku collection of Toi Takahashi, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2013

  • Warp and Weft ~ Images and Words: The Haiku Foundation: The Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, 2019

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Debbie Strange’s haiku make the short list for THF’s 2019 Touchstone Awards! There were over 800 nominations, and I’m honoured that three of my haiku were included in the shortlist of 30 poems. My thanks to the editors and individuals who nominated my work, and to the judges for taking the time…

  • “ososakura…” a #tanka (4/29/20)

    4/29/20: cherry blossoms ososakura yet another day of steady rain all these reminders of what we’ve lost #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #coronavirus for my current #Haikai Challenge

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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