Frank J. Tassone

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  • A November with Basho, Day 17

    After all the breathtaking views of rivers and mountains, lands and seas, after everything we’d seen, thoughts of seeing Kisakata’s famous bay still made my heart begin to race. Twenty miles north of Sakata Harbor, as we walked the sandy shore beneath mountains where sea winds wander, a storm came up at dusk and covered…

  • A November with Basho, Day 16

    After leaving Haguro, we came to the castle town of Tsuru-ga-oka…and were greated by the samurai Nagayama Shigeyuki. We composed a round of haiku, bid farewell, and started by boat down the Mogami, bound for Sakata Harbor… From Hot Sea Mountain southward to Windy Beach the evening cools Basho, “The Narrow Road to the Interior,”…

  • ’14 Summer Swansong (part 1): my latest @ImageCurve #haibun

    More than a week has passed. Out of a two-month summer vacation, two days remain. Impressions: last bitter taste of morning coffee cicada song August 23rd We take the mandatory photo at the Statue of Liberty. An overcast sky hangs above her torch. We’ve put on long-sleeves. Frankie is happier racing on the ledge—until we…

  • Daily Haiku: Nov. 16, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: day moon out of the subway entrance a saxophone solo ? ? by Olivier Schopfer  (Switzerland) Robert Spiess Memorial Award, 2017

  • Today’s Haiku (November 16, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 魚河岸の床はずぶ濡れ冬に入る　　　しなだしん uogashi no yuka wa zubunure fuyu ni iru             the floor at the fish market             completely wet…             we enter the winter                                                             Shin Shinada from ‘Hayabusa no Mune’(‘Falcon’s Chest’) haiku collection by Shin Shinada, Fusansu-Do, Tokyo 2011

  • Memento mori

    Haiku Happenings #10: Peter Bouchier’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! life will end one day memories are forever treasured in your heart https://peterbouchier.wordpress.com/english-essays-and-poems-2/memento-mori/

  • #Haikai Challenge #113 (11/16/19): fallen leaves (ochiba) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Thank you for honoring our veterans, and celebrating the Beaver Moon, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Christine Bialczak2. Reena Saxena3. Peter4. Jade Li/Lisa 5. Jules6. Indira7. Kerfe Roig8. Xenia Tran 9. Janice10. Revived Writer11. Deborah12. Tessa Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Mid-november. Many trees have shed their…

  • Haiga

    Originally posted on Nicole Hague-Andrews: #Haiku Happenings #9: Nicole Hague-Andrews latest #haiga! Nicole Hague-Andrews View original post

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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