Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haiku

  • My Daily #Haiku (11/26/19)

    11/26/19: tea one grazing fawn— a Frappuccino insteadof ginger tea #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • A November with Basho, Day 22

    Along the road to Yamanaka Hot Springs, Mount Shirane rose behind our backs. At the foot of a mountain to our left we found a small temple to compassionate Kannon. After the retired Emperor Kazan had made a pilgrimage to the thirty-three western temples, he enshrined an image of the bodhisattva Kannon here, naming the…

  • A November with Basho, Day 21

    At a village called Komatsu: Aptly named Komatsu Child Pine, a breeze blows over pampas and clover Here we visited Tada Shrine to see Sanemori’s helmet and a piece of his brocade armor-cloth presented to him by Lord Yoshitomo when he served the Genji clan. His helmet was no common soldier’s gear: engraved with chrysanthemums…

  • Jules’ “Giving Thanks…”

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (11/25/19): Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! Gifting Thanks(solo renga) while at dinner weovercome adversitywith diversity along with respect and newtraditions we gather round we all bring a dishserve up our memories andcreate new ones too ©JP/dh

  • A November with Basho, Day 20

    We crossed Mount Unohana and Kurikara Valley at noon on the fifteenth day of the seventh moon and entered Kanazawa, there we took rooms at an inn with a merchant from Osaka, a Mr. Kansho, who was in town to attend memorial services for the haiku poet Issho, locally renowned for his verse and devotion…

  • My Daily #Haiku (11/24/19)

    11/24/19: cooking cold raina perfect Sunday for home cooking #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haikai Challenge #114 (11/23/19): Thanksgiving #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I trust you enjoyed frolicking with your foliage, haijin? I certainly had my fun with fallen leaves! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Deborah3. Jade Li/Lisa4. Dwight L. Roth 5. Reena Saxena6. Indira7. Tessa8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Jules10. Xenia Tran11. Revived Writer12. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward!…

  • ’14 Summer Swansong (part 2): my latest @ImageCurve #haibun

    August 25th The car rattles up the first hill, reaches the top, then ever so slowly passes over it. Wheels thunder on iron rails, while screams arise from passengers, as it rushes down. Mira shakes as she reaches a beach adjoining the coaster. Throughout the rest of our visit to Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom,…