Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • A comforting scent: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse #2 (10/2/18)

      The aroma of a campfire. The smell of burning oak or pine. There’s so much comfort in that scent.   Every story I’ve told or listen to rises like smoke from the embers of neglected memory when I smell a campfire. Stories like the one at a boy scout campout, in which our senior…

  • Hawk Dual: a Gunslinger’s Initiation (a #TankaTuesday #TankaProse 10/2/18)

    What was it like for young Roland Deschain to face his mentor Cort armed only with David? What was it like to battle for mastery, risking exile, using one of “God’s own gunslinger?” A screech. A flash of sunlight off talons that claw flesh off bone. The answering smack of wood against feathers and bones.…

  • 2nd Blogversary (10/1/18)

      Two years!   I hoped to attract 100 followers in a year last year. I didn’t.   I quadrupled that amount!   402 followers! A year of #haikai challenges! Some of highest views and visitors I’ve had since I began blogging. All thanks to you, dear readers! Thank you for helping me to have…

  • Among a Murder

      You stare at me. The rest of your murder caws, shattering an afternoon’s silence with pure cacaphony. You do not join them. Your black eyes meet my blue ones. Why do you not join the others in their mayhem? What do you want?   Something passes between us. What, I cannot say.   Perched on…

  • #Haikai Challenge #53 (9/30/18): Anniversary: Favorite Kigo-of-the-Year #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      Who among you savored their harvest, haijin? Many, from the looks of things.   Congratulations, last week’s contributors!     Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Reena Saxena 3. The Dark Netizen 4. Deepa 5. Jules @ Strands 6. Pat R 7. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 8. Helene Vaillant 9. Revived Writer…

  • Prelude to a #SilentSaturday: a #PSA #haibun (9/29/18)

      Mira and I enjoyed a good day with our nieces, newphew and great-niece at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival in Saugerties, New York. Mira and her sister sampled everything they could get their hands on. Vania and Michael foraged constantly for the best hot food among myriad vendors. We walked the length and breadth…

  • Memorial Light and Shadow: A #TBT #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve

    What do I remember of her? Straight brown hair, sky-blue eyes and tapered cheekbones? Her love of horses? My head swimming when she smiled? What don’t I remember of her? Our walks in the woods of Douglas Park? Or awkward moments under the bleachers? Or our times together in the rush of pouring rain? I…

  • Seasonal Transitions: a #TankaTuesday #tankaprose (9/25/18)

        Autumn the decline of energy inspite of effort these soon-to-color leaves become ready to fall   Another season turns. Katydids lengthen their calls, then stop. Crickets continue, softer, more subdued. And yet soon an early Autumn chill yields to a remnant of summer heat.   Only for a moment that passes all too…