Frank J. Tassone

Month: November 2018

  • Thanksgiving 2013: An Excerpt from Autumnal Trilogy: 3 Haibun – an .@ImageCurve #Haibun

    Thanksgiving, 2013 The first crisis: the VCR won’t record the Macy’s Day Parade. All repair attempts fail. Mom and I brace for Robert’s outburst of anger and disappointment. It never comes. a sunlit lawn parade balloons overshadow Sixth Avenue Robert helps me bring up tables during commercials. Frankie is supposed to act as a “scout”…

  • Gatherings

    Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: Count the place settings, fifteen gather for dinner on Thanksgiving night, ghosts sit amongst us—hear them? They are welcome, too. Franz Marc, “Deer,” {Public Domain], Wikipedia Commons ? This is an untraditional tanka for Frank’s Haikai challenge, using the prompt Thanksgiving, and Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday challenge…

  • feeling thankful: senryu series

    Originally posted on Ontheland: Contemplating gratitude for this week’s Thanksgiving Haikai Challenge, I wrote this series of poems: : my parents’ love their steady sacrifice a lifetime treasure : : thankful for all the world history I have missed : : this planet’s future: grateful to be alive now : ©️2018 Ontheland

  • Haiku: Thanksgiving

    Haiku: Thanksgiving

    Originally posted on The Dark Netizen: Turkey Is Cliche. My Family Needs A Change. How About Stuffed You? Prompt: Haikai Challenge #61: Thanksgiving

  • Thanksgiving Weekend 2012: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd Another wave of sickness strikes. I’m on my knees over the master bath toilet. Orange-and-brown bile fills water and stains the porcelain rim, along with the painted walls and freshly-washed tile. Blackness. A slow awakening, questions. How did I get here? Why did I wake up in Dad’s bed? All I…

  • s 11.19 mix it up!/ haikai 61/ solo renga series | Jules Longer Strands of Gems

    #Haikai Happenings #6: Jule’s latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge!   s 11.19 mix it up!/ haikai 61/ solo renga series Posted on November 19, 2018 by Jules mix it up! waterfowl, turkey venison – more natives than pilgrims feasted then now we are thankful of that stuff, fluff – marshmallow on yams or…

  • thanksgiving moments

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Deepa’s haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • Thanksgiving

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Helene Vaillant’s haiku for my current #haikai challenge!