Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • Into the Gray

    Into the Gray

    Saturday, early morning. Windows glisten with raindrops. A fog of pea-soup proportion fills the street. The sky is a blanket of gray. Neighbors walk along the sidewalks through this rain and fog. Some walk dogs. Others exercise, or just stretch the legs. They take their steps into the gray without hesitation. Saturday, mid-morning. Sunlight pierces…

  • #Haikai Challenge II #2 (1/13/24): Little New Year (koshoogatsu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    #Haikai Challenge II #2 (1/13/24): Little New Year (koshoogatsu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Thank you, returning haijin, for participating in the revival edition of #Haikai Challenge II. Congratulations, contributators: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Colleen Chesebro2. Peter3. AJ (Ange) 4. Kerfe5. Suzette Benjamin6. Ben Tonkin 7. Melissa Lemay8. Jules Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Moving on! Let me take you behind the curtain of kigo selection, and share…

  • PSA: Impromptu Wordless Wednesday (1/10/24)

    PSA: Impromptu Wordless Wednesday (1/10/24)

    We can’t have it all: where would we put it, right? Today, the day job required more work-from-home than usual. As a result, I’m not writing today. Expect new posts when you see them—hopefully beginning tomorrow. train whistle how the night goes on and on

  • Coyotic ‘Telling

    Coyotic ‘Telling

    I could tell you how I do it. Spin a yarn about how I pounce on field mice under a full moon. Or how I chase jackrabbits into briar patches that ensnare them for me. Sure, I could tell you how I face down raccoons at tossed-over garbage cans. Or how I run down half-starved…

  • #Haikai Challenge II #1 (1/6/24): first dream (hatsuyume) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    #Haikai Challenge II #1 (1/6/24): first dream (hatsuyume) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Hello, haijin! I know, I know: It’s been a long time since I posted a #Haikai challenge. A long time. & to be completely honest with you, I was uncertain if I would ever post one again. Longtime readers lived through the experience; for newcomers, I will say this: I hit the wall midyear of…

  • Chronological Close-Shaves

    Chronological Close-Shaves

    Maybe it’s just another day. A year ends, another follows: what truly changes? Perhaps we’re uncertain what music will trend. Certainly, more celebrities may die. Another in a long series of awful incidents will cycle through the 24-hour cycle. Then again, we all celebrate New Years for a reason. & here I am, two days…

  • Amid Ruins

    Amid Ruins

    Golden lights frame a door. Shape two reindeer, and a Christmas tree. These lights, during the longest nights of the year… A sign to hold, as I yearn for hope amidst the shards of shattered expectations. “Two turtledoves…” waxing into view cold moon

  • The Long Ride Home

    The Long Ride Home

    He insisted on taking the late bus out of Binghamton. He did not anticipate clogged streets in Newark, New Jersey. Or getting in so late that he missed his planned train from Grand Central to New Rochelle Station. Looks like he audited a course from the “University of Belmont Avenue.” I’m not laughing. I’m not!…