Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • PSA (2/27/21): Frank Joseph Tassone, Eagle Scout!

    Frank is now an Eagle Scout!Mira and I are so happy for him, and proud of him! He earned Scouting’s highest award in three years of advancement! His service project was a restoration of a memorial to Suffern resident and BSA co-founder Daniel Carter Beard. Troop 21, Frank’s troop, is also Mr. Beard’s final scouting…

  • The Path of Interior Silence: A Haibun Lenten reflection | Where Peter Is

    Delighted to premier on the website Where Peter Is with this haibun-reflection! Thank you Mike Lewis and all of the wonderful editors and staff there! The later-afternoon sky fills with cirrus clouds again. The expected snow has not yet arrived, but my rheumatic joints inform me that it’s only a matter of time. That will…

  • Sent: A #Quadrille #Haibun

    “The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert…” MK 1:12 “Go!” This joyous fullness drives me on. Abba’s luminocity, the descended Ruach-as-dove: now, they’re a driving whirlwind, an inferno. “Go!” I stagger. Stumble. Drop to one knee. Rise up. Continue. To the desert. Where my forty-day fast awaits. “Go!” Solitude gold tested in fire for…

  • Confessions of a Hue: a #haibun

    I embody it. Yes, ever-yielding, always giving way: Nonetheless, I conquer. Ask the Appalachia. They towered over Everest once. Until I fell, storm after storm, for aeons. Now, their rounded peaks, bent like geriatric backs, no longer stab the blue above. Ever the softest, yet even the diamond-hard surrenders to me. I break your heart.…

  • #Haikai Challenge #177 (2/6/21): Still Cold (yokan)/New Year (Shinnen) / #178: Mardi Gras/Ash Wednesday (2/13/21) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Hope you enjoyed your moon gazing / hawk-sighting, haijin! Congratulations to last challenges’ contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Tessa Dean2. s.s.3. Jules4. Eugenia 5. Jane Dougherty6. Sue Vincent7. anotherKate8. Petru 9. Goutam Dutta10. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: (Author’s note: Bear with me, as I work…

  • This meandering February ’21: a #TankaProse

    Almost three feet of snow on the ground from the last four snowstorms. This February attempts to make up for three years of mild winters. Almost half of the month has passed. Nearly half of the haiku prompts for #NaiHaiWriMo. Almost half of another Black History month. Valentin’s Day is tomorrow. Another President’s week vacation…

  • PSA (2/10/21): Sudden Illness, gradual recovery

    Monday morning’s general aches and pains I could write off as the RA acting up. A fresh snowstorm moved in. The gradual headache that started as a minor irritation gradually ramped up in severity. By the end of my work day, I was couch ridden. The pain moved around through my sinus region, the top…

  • Eagle Triumphant: a #haibun

    The day finally came when I flew from the massive nest I called home. Some span of days later, I met my mate. We conceived our first child spiralling together toward the earth. An Eagle Ascending I drive away the osprey from its catch. Yes, a part of me sorrows at my injustice. Only a…