Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • DC/Shenandoah ‘21 Travel Notes, Day 3 (7/5/21)

    A somber day. A travel day. A day tasting southern BBQ south of the Mason Dixon line for the first time. Arlington. The Eternal Flame. The changing of the Guard T the tomb of the unknown soldier. Lunch, and a walk about, in Georgetown. The journey south to our Timeshare in the Shenandoah valley. Hank’s…

  • DC/Shenandoah ‘21 Travel Notes, Day 2 (7/4/21)

    A Starbucks breakfast: regular coffee, and a sausage/cheddar/egg on an English muffin. A walk to the nearest DC Metro Station (Metro Center): the purchase of 3 day passes for our adventure. masks on an escalator squeaks a ride to posh DuPont Circle. we walk up tree lined sidewalks, past picturesque townhouses. A short ascent, and…

  • DC/Shenandoah ‘21 Travel Notes (Day 1, 7/3/21)

    A 5AM rise. Breakfast. Packing. A 6:30 departure for Camp Rodney in North East, MD. Three hour trip. We meet little traffic, stop at one rest stop, and arrive at the designated parking lot for Troop 21’s campsite. After a week away, we see him arrive with his friends. He sees us and smiles. breaking…

  • On Any Given Day

    Somewhere, a white butterfly floats above greenery in garden beds. A neighbor’s dog barks at whatever triggered it. Afternoon birds continue their tweets and chirps, hidden among a canopy of maple leaves Somewhere, boughs sway and leves rustle. A chartered jet flies overhead. Sunlight brightens on the backyard’s mix of freshly mowed grass and crabgrass.…

  • #Haikai Challenge #195-197 (Trifecta) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you refreshed yourselves, haijin! Congratulations to the last challenge’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Li/Lisa in W MI USA 3. Jules4. Goutam Dutta 5. Revived Writer6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! I stumbled through a busy June. Here we are, three weeks since the last #Haikai…

  • Nightmares like this: a #Tankaprose

    A respectable woman, sipping tea with others women of her station, exchanging chuckles and pleasantries. No one remarked when she excuses herself from their company after a certain server passed by. She passes through the crowded chamber, down the labyrinthine corridors of the grand vessal, until she comes to a small, cramped chamber. A brief…

  • Solsticing

    The canopy of maple leaves bathes in sunlight on the Summer Solstice. Still for a moment, the legion of leaves ripple lie a stadium crowd doing the wave. Despite the abundance of daylight left on this longest of days, afternoon shadows creep across the front yard. The street already basks in the shade. I’ve spent…

  • #Haikai Challenge #194 (6/7/21): clear [spring-] water (shimizu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you enjoyed celebrating rainbows, haijin. Thank you to those of you that commemorated Memorial Day. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Ron Rowland3. Li/Lisa in W MI USA 4. Jules5. Kerfe Roig6. Peter 7. Revived Writer8. Susan Joy Clark Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! A searing heatwave…