Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • #Throwback Thursday (4/19/18): That Swing…an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    That Swing I pull the black metal bars of that swing. The ground swings to the sky swings to the ground. Over and over again. Fog horn    wind-tossed waves at Kingsland Point   first published in Image Curve, April 19, 2018 more by FRANK J. TASSONE photo by Simon Schmitt   for dVerse OLN #218,…

  • Here. Now. Just This. A #haibun in the moment

    Photo by Daniel Weiss on Unsplash   One robin sings in spite of nightfall. A distant hum of some appliance drones outside. The stairs creak under Mira’s footsteps. The ledge of the Wall-unit desk has fewer chakas on them. My own tired eyes and enshadowed crows’ feet gaze at me from the mirror enclosed by the unit. A…

  • A Chijitsu Manhunt

    Photo by Roman Pavluv on Unsplash   The sun slips beneath the Ramapo Mountains. The long red of a sailor’s delight sky spreads out like opening hands. A long spring day lingers on into a delightful twilight. This is when the neigborhood kids begin their game of manhunt.   Frankie joins Zach, Alli and James on Alli’s driveway.…

  • Pathfinding Perils: A #writephoto #haibun

      So many footsteps to follow. So little time before the tide comes in. Another path of footprints: Are they the ones? What about the footprints I leave? Who will follow those?   the difference between knowing and walking the path ebb tide     for Susan’s Thursday photo prompt: Footprints #writephoto     #GloPoWriMo2018 /…

  • “Perchance, to dream…”: A #Senryu Saturday #haibun

    By Jiyang Chen [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, from Wikimedia Commons   Excerpt from the “You Gotta be Kiddin’ Me!” dream dictionary for Sea gull   You stand at the precipace of transformation, but you cling on to yourself for dear life! Life calls you to deeper waters, but you say, “No, thanks. I’m already happy…

  • #Haikai Challenge #29 (4/14/18): warm (atataka)…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      Well, haijin, you got your bloom on for the first Cherry Blossoms!   Congratulations, participants! Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Jane Dougherty 3. Dwight L. Roth 4. Jules 5. Jules 2 6. Xenia Tran 7. Xenia Tran (2) 8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Merril D. Smith 10. Janice (Ontheland) 11.…

  • Backyard Delight: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    Backyard Delight     The apple tree’s trunk split into two like outstretched open arms. A step onto a stump and an arm around one of the splits ensured an easy climb. Dean and I sat on that great branch many summer days when the foliage concealed us from prying eyes below. We imagined we…

  • A Haikai Ars Poetica

      The tai chi windchime’s melody plays without ceasing. Spindly, naked branches atop towering locus trees sway. Grasshoppers chirp in a choral counterpoint to the bass drone of the Friday evening rush-hour. Shrivelled, potted daffidils bathe in the late afternoon sun. A hawk soars in a tight circle high above the tallest Locus. The warmest…