Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • 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…

  • Yielding Light: a tiny #tankaprose

    At last: Christmas lights, under a Cold Moon. all the ways we disappoint ourselves swept aside by that sustaining Love, that irresistable force for my own #Haikai Challenge!

  • #Haikai Challenge #171 (12/29/20): Cold Moon (fuyu no tsuki)/New Year’s Eve (toshi no yo)/ New Year’s Day (ganjitsu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Thank you for your warm welcome-back, haijin! The intrepid among you ran the gauntlet of ten kigo! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Jane Dougherty3. Jules (two haibun)4. Kerfe Roig 5. Jules (two more haibun, 10 haiku)6. s.s.7. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA8. s.s. 9. Colleen Chesebro10. Kate11. s.s. Powered…

  • Incarnations: a #Haikai Challenge collection (10/17-12/19: #161-#170) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    A long overdue congratulations to the contributors of most recent #Haikai Challenge: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA3. Roger4. Peter5. Janice6. s.s.7. Jules 8. Christine Bolton, Poetry for Healing9. Xenia Tran10. Myforever.blog11. Pat R12. Goutam Dutta13. Jane Dougherty14. Tina Stewart Brakebill 15. willowdot2116. Colleen Chesebro17. Revived Writer18. Tessa Dean19. Linda…

  • Solstitial Circadian Rythms: a #haibun

    The sun set at 4:31. Our drive home from the urgent care center held none of the cares such a ride would suggest. My son needed a required COVID test to satisfy the State’s requirement for his safe participation in school. Whenever it reopens after the holiday. Now, the deep of the longest night settles…

  • Halloween in the time COVID

    The air chills. The last twilight bows before night. The black clouds drift before the Hunter’s moon. There should be children out. Trick or treating. Parading up and down the street in their meme costumes. But only one walks the road, dressed as the Red Death. The unmitigated gall, considering this pandemic year. We should…

  • Period 5 Accommodations: a .@ImageCurve #Haibun

    Ki-on carries on. Carmen manipulates. Carlos and Justin complain. Ibrahim defies. Seated in a horseshoe formation, in a corner room, they test me while taking their tests. I feel the familiar sensations: tightening in the throat and chest, tension in the neck and shoulders, gritted teeth. My frustration rises. This time, however, I become aware…

  • PSA: A Revelation (10/22/20)

    It has been a week. That is the longest absence I’ve had from blogging during a non-vacation week. I have missed you. And Haikai. Why, you ask? Stephen King wrote that “Writing is a support system for life, not the other way around.” Life is happening for the Tassone family. Our son works toward attaining…