On the first day of the fourth moon, climbed to visit the shrines on a mountain once called Two Wildernesses, renamed by Kukai when he dedicated the shrine. Perhaps he saw a thousand years into the future, this shrine under sacred skies, his compassion endlessly scattered through the […]
Very Early on the twenty-seventh morning of the third moon, under a predawn haze, transparent moon barely visible, Mount Fuji just a shadow, I set out under the cherry blossoms of Ueno and Yanaka. When would I see them again?… Spring passes and the birds cry out– tears […]
Poet Jane Dougherty led us on a November journey in 2017, when she hosted a W.B Yeats challenge in lieu of #NaNoWriMo. Inpired by her example, I have decided to embark on a comparable journey. This november I will post excerpts from “The Narrow Road to the Interior” […]
It’s not too late to get your spooky on! Share your #haikai today! https://frankjtassone.com/2019/10/26/haikai-challenge-110-10-26-19-halloween-samhain-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/
I participate in #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019. Find my poetry at my blog: Haijin-in-Action
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
Frank J. Tassone 