Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • “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…

  • My Domestic Landscape: a #haibun

      Walk down Victory Road. The Ramapo Mountains rise above the cluster of Maples around the Mahwah River. Trees line the front yards of the diverse houses flanking the street. They are an aboreal honor guard for passersby. Their sunburst colors in Autumn will arrest you in your tracks. Close your mouth before the flies…

  • #Throwdown Thursday (4/12/18): Shepherd’s Call…my latest #haibun on .@ImageCurve

    Shepherd’s Call     Each year, The Catholic Church celebrates Christ the Good Shepherd. A common Gospel reading for that Sunday Liturgy is the Gospel of John, in which Jesus Christ calls himself “the good Shepherd.” (John 10: 14) and says that his sheep “hear my voice.” (John 10:27) What do I hear? The tweets,…

  • #Wayback Wednesday (4/11/18): Tempest…an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    Tempest       Syracuse wind chime in back sings. Outside light flashes on. The wind blows on and on. Soon, I’ll step out into it. Shudder at the thought hot bite of oatmeal— last memory of warmth this morning     for more by FRANK J. TASSONE Photograph by Liming Huang   first published in…

  • A Vision of the Future: a #tanka -bun

        sunset a handful of years left in my career   journeys across American roads, rivers of Europe far from the long-ago rooms filled with late-night screams and tears     twilight holding hands we greet the stars     Photo by Peter Oswald on Unsplash   for Poets United–Midweek Motif–vision Real Toads’ Micro Poetry–Long-Ago Rooms #GloPoWriMo2018…