Tag: haibun
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Wayback Wednesday 8/16/17: a #Thanksgiving gone wrong…#writephoto #haibun #haiku #poetry
Conflicted Expectations We cleared gravy-stained plates and tainted wine glasses. The remains of the turkey could feed the five of us for days. It was the first year we didn’t host. Mom and Dad invited us downstairs instead. We had arranged to eat dinner with them and then travel to my Sister-in-law’s for dessert. She…
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Haibun: Night Sky Traffic
Originally posted on Life in Portofino: source This is day 26 of Days of Unreason: “On some clear nights in the country the stars can exhaust us.” – Jim Harrison ? On clear nights in the winter we go out on an upper deck on the back of our house and gaze at the night…
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#Monoku Monday: a #haibun on Peril of #charlottsville and the Promise of the #MontclairJazzFestival2017
Peril and Promise Who hasn’t heard the news of what happened Friday and Saturday, August 11th and 12th, in Charlottsville, Virginia? Who hasn’t see the photos of young, white men dressed in brownshirt uniforms or t-shirts and jeans, marching lockstep under Nazi or confederate flags, and not shivered? Who hasn’t seen the video of their night…
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#haiku happenings #1 8/14/17 Afternoon Noir: A Found Haibun
A found haibun starts off the day. Source: Afternoon Noir: A Found Haibun
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ICYMI: my latest #Haibun #Poetry: Ascension | .@ImageCurve
Ascension BY FRANK J. TASSONE · 10TH AUGUST 2017 Haibun A flash of red. A cardinal perches high on a prematurely blossoming maple. He marks his territory, repeatedly singing the same crescendo. Moments later, he’s gone. No bird takes his place. Ides of March pine needles fluttering in the wind more by FRANK J. TASSONE photo by Jessica Furtney on Unsplash…
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Throwdown Thursday 8/10/17: my latest #Haibun #Poetry: Ascension | on .@ImageCurve
Ascension A flash of red. A cardinal perches high on a prematurely blossoming maple. He marks his territory, repeatedly singing the same crescendo. Moments later, he’s gone. No bird takes his place. Ides of March pine needles fluttering in the wind more by FRANK J. TASSONE photo by Jessica Furtney on Unsplash first published in Image…
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Way-back Wednesday 8/9/17: …a grandmother the morning after… #haibun #haiku #poetry
The Morning After Her cup of Columbian Supremo cools atop of a crumpled copy of the Journal News, spread over the kitchen table like leaves across the lawn. She stands by the kitchen sink, inhales another drag on a half-smoked Marlboro, stares out the window, not seeing the cracked blacktop or the rust on the…
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#Throwdown Thursday (5/4/17)…my latest #Haibun #Poem is up on .@ImageCurve
Empty Gestures Nothing left to offer but the rain sunset on the Ramapo Mountains not a drop falls more by FRANK J. TASSONE photograph by Frances Gunn first published in Image Curve, May 4, 2017
Frank J. Tassone 