Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • #ThrowdownThursday (7/26/18): My latest .@ImageCurve #haibun is up!

    Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 4: July 7, 2014   Frankie and Mira slowly encase me in hot sand. The boobs and mermaid tail come after. Mira snaps at least three photos guaranteed to humiliate should she ever post them. July sun     my breathing collapses his mermaid Lunch at “home.” Mira prepares a salad…

  • Natural Epiphanies: A #TankaProse

      bizarre convictions born of the wilderness Yet I place my trust in the ultimate meaning of an empty cross   I have seen the rippling leaves in a sudden wind. Heard the rush of a rain-swelled brook. Smelled the fresh smoke of a new fire. Touched the bark of a five-hundred-year-old oak. Tasted the…

  • A #Haikai Challenge Haijin Showcase: Contributors for #Haikai Challenges #40-43 #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      I’m back, haijin! And, as I promised, here are the updates on those that contributed to the #haikai challenges while I was away.   Congratulations to all contributors!     For #Haikai Challenge #40 (6/30/18): Independence #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 3.…

  • Portugal Travel Notes #7 (7/11/18)

    We began the family trip phase of our vacation yesterday with a welcome dinner at my sister-in-law Maria Do Carma’s house. Mira’s oldest brother, ‘Cico and his wife, Aliza, as well as her second-oldest brother, Armindo. Dinner included freshly barbequed steaks, pork ribs, rice and potatoes, fresh garden salad, and homemade red table wine. These…

  • Portugal Travel Notes: Interlude #2 (7/23/18)

    I can hardly believe it! Three weeks have come and gone. Now, I know I’ve promised you updates. Believe me, I’m excited to share this journey. However, logistics–company, day outings, WiFi issues–have not favored a chronicle. Rest assured, I will have more updates soon. Stay tuned. Douro river all the vineyards I can’t visit

  • #Haikai Challenge #43 (7/21/18): Afterglow (yuuyake) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      How are those lawns looking, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors   Ultreya!   Today is our 17th wedding anniversary. (Thank you, thank you; no, really, you shouldn’t have ;)) During our wedding, I remember seeing the sky shortly after sunset. It was a true sailor’s delight, and it still carries the allure of…

  • Portugal Travel Notes #6 (7/10/18):

    Mira and I at the castle in Sortelha   The AC didn’t work. We switched to new rooms around 3:00 in the morning. The hotel didn’t charge us for three rooms, of course.   morning sun Another yawn at breakfast   Belmont. A village that boasts an historic Jewish community, with roots preceding the expulsion…

  • Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 2: July 5, 2014: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    early rise first aroma of fresh-brewed coffee early beach arrival digging deep into loose sand to plant our umbrella the rattle of the chain reminds me to mind the wind searing sun roar of an incoming surf so cold to the touch step by step, his hand in mine until my face hits the sand…