Frank J. Tassone

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  • A November with Basho, Day 21

    At a village called Komatsu: Aptly named Komatsu Child Pine, a breeze blows over pampas and clover Here we visited Tada Shrine to see Sanemori’s helmet and a piece of his brocade armor-cloth presented to him by Lord Yoshitomo when he served the Genji clan. His helmet was no common soldier’s gear: engraved with chrysanthemums…

  • thanksgiving – – haibun

    Originally posted on Ontheland: A second Thanksgiving is on its way. The first was our Canadian holiday on the second Monday of October. The second, the American holiday, arrives this week on the 4th Thursday of November. I find myself embracing another reminder to contemplate gratitude, a source of solace when loss rears its head.…

  • Haiku: Giving Thanks

    Haiku: Giving Thanks

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

  • Jules’ “Giving Thanks…”

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (11/25/19): Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! Gifting Thanks(solo renga) while at dinner weovercome adversitywith diversity along with respect and newtraditions we gather round we all bring a dishserve up our memories andcreate new ones too ©JP/dh

  • A November with Basho, Day 20

    We crossed Mount Unohana and Kurikara Valley at noon on the fifteenth day of the seventh moon and entered Kanazawa, there we took rooms at an inn with a merchant from Osaka, a Mr. Kansho, who was in town to attend memorial services for the haiku poet Issho, locally renowned for his verse and devotion…

  • Pieceful peace

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Peter Bouchier’s latest haiku sequence for my current #Haikai challenge! it’s quite a puzzletry to find your missing peacestart looking inside love will always betreasured between memoriesin a pieceful heart https://peterbouchier.wordpress.com/english-essays-and-poems-2/pieceful-peace/

  • #Haikai Challenge #114 (11/23/19): Thanksgiving #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Originally posted on Sharing Thoughts: ? Gratitude ? A big heartfelt thanks For being there in torrid days And holding my hand Your presence is more than enough And touch comforting a lot ?

  • Thanks

    Thanks

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Reena Saxena’s latest #senryu 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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