Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • “Walking the Path…”: A #writephoto #haibun

      Where are you leading me?   The mist rolls in. The cold and rain accompanying it envelop me like a fisherman’s expertly cast net. The ascent continues. To where, I don’t know.   Only that your whisper, “follow me,” drives me onward.   But the climb besieges me. I think of the colleague and…

  • Going Somewhere? A #sonnet #haibun

      The woosh of passing wind as I move on, the bam!bam!bam! of hammers fall away. These wheels that crunch on gravel just beyond, a highway exit ramp to the blue way, where life slows down with every town I pass; and burdens born from crow-caws to day’s rind yeild to a precious peace I…

  • Close Encounter: #TBT .@ImageCurve #haibun

      Mom said something. “Ok,” I answered, stepping out of the kitchen and into the living room. Then one more step toward the door.   CRASH!   Shards of shattered glass rained down on the couch, coffee table, and carpet—one step away from me. A Chevy Blazer’s back end hung through our obliterated living room…

  • Tending wildfires: A #haibun

      “What if …?”   And the catasrophizing begins. The breaks fail. The school finds out I’m a fraud. The well of inspiration dries. The missles launch as the last potable water evaporates. Or the inevitable destiny to live ’til I die in a box on skid row arrives. O, how the anxious mind creates…

  • Human Foibles: A #TankaTuesday (8/28/18) #tankaprose #2

      Bad news kicks his shoes off on a supersonic flight. He sips champagne in business class and laughs his ass off. “They still don’t get it,” he mutters aloud to no one, “Practice makes progress, but the wankers won’t even raise their arses to fart!”   Meanwhile, the smoke spews more carbon into the…

  • “…for Sister Earth, our Mother…” : a #TankaTuesday (8/28/18) #quadrille #writephoto #tankaprose

      She clasps the afternoon sunlight in her raised arms. Then asks, “If you will not care for the earth, who will?”   One deep breath: the journey begins.   Dryad dream a shift in mind to resist the exploitation see the desolation and say, “no more!”     for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #63 – Feel…

  • #Haikai Challenge #48 (8/26/18): Causes #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      Seen the shorter nights? Savored some of the cooler days? Well, haijin, many of you experienced the first fruits of the coming autumn.   Congratulations to last week’s contributors!   Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. Jules @ Strands 4. Reena Saxena 5. Pat R 6. Deborah…

  • #Haikai Challenge Announcement (8/25/18)

    I feel exhausted from a night’s vigil and two days of service. My son’s Boy Scout Troop raised over $1000 in cash and several shopping carts full of non-perishable food for a nearby food pantry. More on that tomorrow, when I will post the next #haikai challenge. See you then! afternoon crickets a gentle sway…