Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • A Snapshot of Bicycling around Bruges: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    I can’t remember how I met them. Or their names. They were college students abroad, like me. We rented bikes, toured the city and surrounding countryside. We visited the city square first, where the clocktower punctured the sky. Then we rode through narrow, winding streets until we reached open country—and a road lined with Cypress…

  • #Haikai Challenge #156 (9/13/20): new coolness (shinryoo) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Cooked enough, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA2. Eugenia3. Jane Dougherty4. Goutam Dutta5. Tina Stewart Brakebill 6. willowdot217. s.s.8. Tina Stewart Brakebill9. Janice10. Xenia Tran 11. Linda Lee Lyberg12. Jules13. Revived Writer14. Christine Bolton, Poetry for Healing Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead:…

  • Nineteen Years Later: a 9/11 Commemorative #tankaprose

    Say their names. Nineteen years later, the pain still strikes deep. The memorial pools in the footprints of the fallen Twin Towers attract selfie-taking tourists. The names engraved in the marble counters that frame the pools appear forgotten. They aren’t Say their names. Feel the shearing of scar tissue on the hearts, as fresh grief…

  • #Haikai Challenge #155 (9/6/20): remaining heat (zansho) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Had enough crickets and morning glories, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Xenia Tran3. s.s.4. Jane Dougherty5. Jules6. Colleen Chesebro7. Dave Madden 8. Cheryl9. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA10. willowdot2111. Janice12. Linda Lee Lyberg13. Goutam Dutta14. Peter 15. Revived Writer16. Linda Lee Lyberg (2)17. Christine Bolton18. Jen Goldie19. Al…

  • Brooms Out Back: an .@ImageCurve #Haibun

    The broom rests against the vinyl siding adjacent to the storm door. Its yellow bristles scatter out like unkempt hair from one side. A black foam guard overlays a gray plastic staff. Mira steps outside, chattering with her sister overseas. She sweeps curled, yellowing maple leaves on-handed as she converses about God-knows-what in Portuguese. Even…

  • Into and Out of: an .@ImageCurve #Haibun

    A moth emerges from the darkness outside. A touch on glass, a blurring of wings and it returns. Flying through a reflection of the kitchen, as though it made it inside. fallen leaves on the deck brightening sky Photo by Max Kleinen first published in Image Curve, August 27, 2020 for dVerse Poets’ Open Link Night…

  • #Publication Alert: “Arid Hope” appears in the latest Drifting Sands Haibun!

    I’m happy to announce that my tanka-prose “Arid Hope” appears in the latest edition of Drifting Sands Haibun! Arid Hope An endless drought. The reservoir continues to dry out. Wheat and barley fields, once so full of promise, have whilted for want of water. Like everything else. We watch the medicine woman stirring her pot…

  • A Novel Hike: the Popolopen Torne Loop Adventure

    All the years that we’ve hiked in and around Bear Mountain State Park, we never explored the western portion of the park. We had no idea what the Popolopen Torne loop had in store. Of course, new hikes were par for the course for the Tassone family. This time, however, we had a guest with…