Frank J. Tassone

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  • A November with Basho, Day 5

    At Ashino, the willow Saigyo praised, “beside the clear stream,” still grows along a path in fields of rice. A local official had offered to lead the way, and I had often wondered whether and where it remained. And now, today, that same willow: Rice-planting done, they depart–before I emerge from willow shade Our Maple…

  • Lupine Ultimatum: a #tankaprose

    …She is a howling in the wilderness we can never see… -from The Memory Palace, by Mira Bartók A mere howl away. That’s as far as the family has roamed. That’s all I need do, and their answer will guide me to them. Why don’t I? I am the Alpha, father to my cubs, mate of…

  • Haibun: Wandering Dreams

    Haibun: Wandering Dreams

    #Haiku Happenings #8: Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun!

  • November gale – – haiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland: November gale . . . an invisible hand combs the grass . . November . . . all that has withered flies away . . ©️2019 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #111withering wind

  • Haibun: I am Lone Wolf

    Originally posted on kanzen sakura: For Sherry’s Prompt on Real Toads “Answer the wolf’s call with your poems about wildness and wolves, domesticity and mothers, daughters and sons, or your own fierce love for your child. Allow the passage quoted to take you where it pleases. Bring us back whatever you find.” And for the…

  • “although the cold…” a #tanka (11/5/19)

    although the cold and an overcast sky bear Autumn down on us the stillness within our motion makes all our old things new tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Today’s Haiku (November 5, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): この関の先はみちのく秋深し　　　　谷岡健彦 kono seki no saki wa michinoku aki fukashi             deep north             beyond this checkpoint            autumn in its depth                                                             Takehiko Tanioka from ‘Wakagaki’(‘Young Writing’) haiku collection by Takehiko Tanioka, Honami Shoten, Tokyo 2014

  • #Haiku: Withering Wind

    Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/italy-1587303_1280.jpg through colorful treesa withering wind whistlesleaves float on glass lake Frank J. Tassone: Hakai Challenge #111 withering wind

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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