Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Haibun for a hero
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Beneath the plum tree, in the grass by my feet, something stirred—grasshopper? I crouched, bent back the clover stalks to find a tiny frog, smaller than the last joint of my little finger, battling with the vegetation, heading north. The nearest stream was fifty yards down the hill, the…
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Can’t
Originally posted on haiku tree: the things you said can’t be true full moon ?
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Adieu, ye Midsummer’s Day! (a #haibun)
Daylight yields to darkness in the twilight. It’s nine o’clock in “New York’s backyard,” but still some light remains. Even if it dwindles. The first–and longest–day of summer thus makes way for the first–and shortest–night of this season. Already the temperature drops, as though Autumn can’t wait to upstage the sunny season to come. as…
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Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 8, August 1, 2014, part II (my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun)
I watch Mira exit the Pipe Slide at the North Hill Aquatic Center. She flounders in the exit pool, her arms and legs thrashing as her head bobs up and down. My heart skips a beat when a lifeguard stands up, but she recovers. After I slide down, she tells me, “It happens so fast.…
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“Embrace Change,” A Haibun/Haiku
#Haiku Happenings #9: Colleen Chesebro’s latest #haibun!
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after/image by Jim Kacian
#Haiku Happenings #8: Scott Metz reviews Jim Kacian’s new book of haiku, After/Image!
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Conversations with Ravens
Originally posted on kanzen sakura: A gogyohka, which translates in Japanese to five line poem. It has five lines – that is it. For Lynda’s prompt at dVerse Poets Pub, artwork by Jackie Hulbert. Pick a painting and write how it inspires you. Thank you for the wonderful prompt Lynda! Conversations with Ravens “And the…
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“summer solstice…” a #tanka (6/21/19)
6/21/19: prompt-free summer solstice and the sun breaches the rain clouds liberation, a drive home, the last project in my wake #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
