Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • PSA (2/2/21): When the Position needs Tending

    Busy Day. Another grade deadline met, at a great price. Another semester of classes begins tomorrow. That means the digital heavy-lifting happened today. I hope to return with more haikai tomorrow. Expect me when you see me! Labor pains… who knew a sofa was so tempting?

  • #Haikai Challenge #175 (1/23/21): Wolf Moon (Ōkami no tsuki) / #176 (1/30/21): hawk (taka) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Thank you for your commitment to justice, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Reena Saxena3. s.s.4. Jane Dougherty 5. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA6. Goutam Dutta7. Janice8. Revived Writer 9. Kerfe Roig10. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! Another double-header #Haikai Challenge this week!…

  • Crossroad of Destiny: a #tankaprose

    David Attenborough has spent his life dedicated to the natural world. He recently finished narrating Our Planet, a Netflix nature documentary series. In a follow-up to the series, he demonstrates our two possible futures. The first is a consequence of continuing our unsustainable, global lifestyle. Oceans increase in acidity. Polar caps melt, as coastal areas…

  • #Haikai Challenge #174 (1/18/21): Justice #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga #MLKDay2021

    Thank you for your contemplation on first sun and Democracy, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA2. Jules3. s.s. 4. Peter5. Jane Dougherty6. Kate 7. Kerfe Roig8. Kate9. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! It’s the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,…

  • Playing Favorites: a #TankaProse

    How can I choose a favorite? Would it be the one where my pivot line hit the sweet spot? Would it be the part of my first published tanka-prose? Or the first published tanka, ever? Or is it the one in which I most clearly discern that small, still voice? Althoughthe wind and waterinspirethere comes…

  • Fatigue

    The sandpaper-rubbed-raw sensation across my arms. The ache in the left knee and right rotor-cuff. The weariness in muscles that runs deep to the bones. The sighing whistfulness of seeing only two sets of Christmas lights still on, when one of them is mine. The conviction of caving to the craving that covers what I…

  • #Haikai Challenge #172 (1/3/21): first sun (hatsuhi)/ #173: (1/10/21) Democracy #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I trust you enjoyed your moon-gazing, haijin? Congratulations to the prior challenge’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Janice2. Linda Lee Lyberg 3. Jane Dougherty4. Eugenia5. Kerfe Roig 6. Colleen Chesebro7. Revived Writer8. Frank J. Tassone9. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA10. Goutam Dutta 11. s.s.12. Jules13. Xenia Tran14. Kate15. Xenia Tran (2) Powered by… Mister…

  • 2020 Blogging Year in Review

    We survived a traumatic year. And not all of us made it. Nevertheless, and even despite an Autumn of writer’s block, I managed to edge last year’s total views. The #Haikai Challenge remains popular, even with a ten-week gap! That is all because of you. Thank you for your continued support! Thank you for saying…