Frank J. Tassone

Haijin in Action

  • River of Heaven

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Frank Tassone’s prompt for today’s Haikai poem is the Milky Way. In Japanese culture the Milky Way is called amanogawa.  So this week, we turn our attention to the traditional, early autumn kigo of the Milky Way (amanogawa). The literal translation of amanogawa is “river of heaven.” A milky circle…

  • #SilentSunday (8/18/19)

    a rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

  • The Journey: a #writephoto #haibun

    “Will I live to see my journey’s end?” –Metal Church, “Badlands” I have ascended the grassy knolls of gentle country hills. I have scambled up the rocks and slopes of jagged mountains. I have meandered wooded paths across roaring brooks and dried-out creekbeds. I have endured the blistering sun and the bone-chilling rain. I have…

  • Teiichi Suzuki (Japan)

    Originally posted on Harusame: A-bomb Day on her parasol vapor trail Comment: a haiku written on the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, occurred on August 6 and 9, 1945 respectively. The event caused the direct and immediate death of nearly 200,000 people, most of whom were civilians. The ‘vapor trail’…

  • Answers

    #Haiku Happenings #8: Joseph Kleponis’ Tanka appeared in MET!

  • Daily Haiku: Aug. 17, 2019

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: sultry breeze a pear ripens on papa’s easel   by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA) Seashores, Vol. 2, April 2019

  • #Haikai Challenge #100 (8/17/19): Milky Way (amanogawa). Lit. ‘River of Heaven’ #Haiku #Senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Hope you enjoyed your moon-gazing, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Reena Saxena3. Dwight L. Roth4. Suzanne 5. Jane Dougherty6. Linda Lee Lyberg7. Xenia Tran8. Tessa 9. Janice10. Kerfe Roig11. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! Mid-August in New York already feels like Fall–when the last summer…

  • Haibun for a nagging doubt

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: I read a poem today by a proper poet with fellowships and residencies to his credit, and it made no sense to me. I am educated in literature and history. I read the classics in several modern languages. Yet the words made no sense, recherchés, self-consciously obscure, and their…

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Frank J. Tassone

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

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