Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • 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

  • ’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,…

  • November Mourning: a #tankaprose

    11/13/19: November Song It’s a seasonal sensation, an ever-repeating que. All Saint’s Day follows Halloween, and that kaleidescope of Autumn foliage falls. Election day follows, and the winds pick up. Veterans day comes, and the leaves pile up. By the Weekend before Thanksgiving, bare maples, Birches and oaks stand over their piles and piles of…

  • My Daily #Haiku (11/23/19)

    11/23/19: Autumn leaves Autumn leaf watching …another garden bedto clean out #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • A November with Basho, Day 19

    After several days, clouds gathering over the North Road, we left Sakata reluctantly, aching at the thought of a hundred thirty miles to the provincial capital of Kaga. We crossed the Nezu Barrier into Echigo Province, and from there went on to Ichiburi Barrier in Etchu, restating our resolve all along the way. Through nine…