Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • Pathway: A #writephoto #haibun

      It’s like any other walk through the woods. Light from a westward sun attempts to breach the canopy. It succeeds only in scattering illumination and shadow on the dirt path under our feet. The full fragrance of forest envelops us: Pine, Maple, Chestnut, Oak. Everywhere, the competing songs of robins, sparrows and Jays.  …

  • #Haikai Challenge #45 (8/4/2018): Vacation/Holiday #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      How was the Cicada’s song, haijin? Some of you braved the heat or rain to listen.   Congratulations to last week’s participants:   Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Reena Saxena 3. Jules @ Jewels 4. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 5. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets.    …

  • Portugal Travel Notes #8 (7/12/18)

    The homes in Vilaranda look as worn as ever. Weathered stone, fatigued tile: the mountain village where Mira grew up reflects the aging of its remaining residents. homecoming once-new cobblestones now old Somewhere in Vilaranda We park on off the cobblestone road that runs through the village. Anna, one of Mira’s three deaf-mute cousins, is…

  • Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 3: July 6, 2014: A #FreestyleFriday #Haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve

    Troubled by dreams. One, a last meeting with Christine. Awoke regretting that I missed the Last Voyage of Columbus. Missed seeing those friends one last time. All to save $100—and see my son and his friend enjoy Rye Playland. Another dream. Dad and Mom, stranger. An intervention in a parlor. White pastel, wicker furniture, floral…

  • Conflicting Silence: A #TankaTuesday (7/31/18) #TankaProse

      The sun tries to break through. The clouds that gathered will not scatter. A temperature more consistent with spring than summer holds steady. It was perfect weather to repair the paver stones on the front stoop, or write outside all morning. I did neither, becoming lost in folly on the internet.   And so…

  • “A Nice Game of Chess”: A #dversepoets #quadrille #haibun

      White moves King’s pawn to E4. Black answers with Queen’s knight to F6. I process combinations.  My opponent runs sub-routines.   A flurry of moves. Pawns fall, Bishops pin, Queens clash.   Until the puzzle is complete.   pale sun afternoon — victory   for dVerse Poets Quadrille #61 (pubtended by Mish)      …

  • Triune Journeys: a #writephoto #haibun

      It could be a path between fields in the backcountry of Portugal’s Trans os Montes. Or a trail across the frontier between Mexico and the American Southwest. Or a dirt road in a high, dry summer somewhere in mountains lying outside the Temperate zone.   Perhaps I walk the path to inspect inherited land.…

  • #Haikai Challenge #44 (7/28/18): Cicada (Semi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      Many of you enjoyed the afterglow, Haijin! Thank you for the anniversary well-wishes.   Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Xenia Tran 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. Reena Saxena 4. Jules @ Strands 5. Janice 6. Pat R 7. Shannon Blood 8. Suzanne Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets.   Moving…