My mother and father conceived me while they spiralled together toward the earth. I fought my way out of the hard shell of my egg during my hatching, after an incubation in which they took turns warming me. I fed on scraps of fish snatched from the Hudson–or […]
chilling wind a blue sky consumed by storm clouds an utter betrayal of the Equinox last sunlight eclipsed by a torrent of storm clouds we huddle together to share our last fading warmth a tease of rain remnants of a winter refusing to die A frigid deluge gathers […]
It happens to us all. The alarm clock goes off. A robin sings like a rooster at first light. Or way too much daylight breaches the blinds. Sooner or later, we all face the same brutal reality: Monday morning. Take heart! There is hope for coping with this […]
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
Frank J. Tassone 