Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • #Haikai Challenge #47 (8/18/18): autumn near (aki chikashi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

        You endured the fire and bore witness, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors:   Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Pat R 3. Reena Saxena 4. Jules @ Strands 5. deepa 6. Revived Writer 7. Janice 8. Deborah Gomez 9. Jules @ Strands #2 10. Frank J. Tassone 11. Linda Lee…

  • Performance Announcement (8/17/18)

    I plan to perform at Rockland Poets’ August Open Mic at SVH in Suffern tomorrow night (8/18/18) 7PM to 9PM. If any of you live in the Hudson Valley region of New York, this is the poetry performance experience that you have been looking for. Don’t want to perform? No problem! Come out and enjoy…

  • An unreceived Present

    still pond agape in every moment … when will we quiet the chorus in our heads? How can it be? How can Love be present, and waiting only for the asking? How can the Presence be such a gratuitous gift? Impossible! And yet, I have tasted the gift, and seen without seeing. I can still…

  • First Loss: A #ThrowdownThursday #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve

      The sky-blue Teddy bear towered over me. Charcoal eyes and nose, friendly smile: my parents nestled me in its arms. Mom told me how much I loved that Teddy. One day, the window of my room, which looked out on a sewer grate, opened during a storm. Wet leaves, mud and soaked mulch buried…

  • Our DIY: A #WaybackWednesday (8/15/18) .@ImageCurve #haibun

        The white, plastic trellis stands a little crooked. The sides may not line up across her walkway. But it stands. It is the first project Frankie and I complete together. first raindrops Frankie pulls the trigger of my power drill     first published in Image Curve, October 29, 2015   photograph by Barn Images…

  • The Vintage Box Experience

    Photo by Kyle Loftus on Unsplash     They say, “Think outside the box.”   They haven’t had a truly good wine from a box.   Yes, it lacks bourgie bragging rights. But find a better bargain: a volume of good red for a great price.   another glass she wonders why we need another     for…

  • A Gratitude Announcement (8/13/18)

      I guest-hosted dVerse Poets Pub’s Haibun Monday last week. What an exhilerating experience! Thank you, Grace, for the invitation; everyone on the dVerse team, for your hard work keeping the pub open, and all of the poets that participated!   emerging sun celebrating the language we call poetry      

  • #Haikai Challenge #46 (8/11/18): Fire #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Flames from the Holy Fire scorch a hillside in Lake Elsinore, California, on August 9.ROBYN BECK / AFP / GETTY     My, did you have a lot to say about vacations last week, haijin!   Congratulations to all contributors:   Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Denise DeVries 2. Deborah Gomez 3. Jules @ Strands 4.…