Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • First Slam: an .@ImageCurve #Haibun

    “Frank, are you ready?” “Yes.” “Give it up for Frank!” Applause. Kelly yells, “alright, Frank!” I walk up the aisle to the stage. Face the audience of fellow poets and slammers; six judges; Bill, his wife, Jan, and Mira. Rachel and Tiff attend the admission table, shadowed by the stage lights behind me. I begin:…

  • An Inaugural Sail

    The wind fills the sails. The sleek, fiberglass hull slices through Levitt Bay water. A soft woosh of a wake, as I speed along in a sunfish. The tiller in one hand, the line to the sail in another, as I adjust course. The utter joy of my first time sailing. A pleasure I haven’t…

  • An Inquiry on Biblical Gardens: a #Quadrille #haibun

    Why a garden? A strange place for a fall from grace, no? An equally unusual locale for a rise to renewed grace, too, right? Then again, is a garden not where petals fall and seeds sprout again? perennials a hummingbird flies to each one for dVerse Poets’ How Does Your Garden Grow? dVerse Quadrille (guest-pubtended by…

  • A Get-together: an .@ImageCurve #Haibun

    Michelle drops her son off at our house earlier than expected. Matthew joins us at the kitchen table as we finish dinner. Mira defrosts and then reheats the leftover Ziti his mother brought. Frankie plays waiter-captain, as he sets Matthew’s place-setting and pours him a glass of cranberry juice. After dinner, the boys and I…

  • #Haikai Challenge #151 (8/9/20): first (autumn) storm (hatsu arashi) / Darkness (Yami) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    How was your moon-gazing, haijin? Many of you may have enjoyed it! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Goutam Dutta2. s.s.3. Jane Dougherty4. Jules5. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 6. willowdot217. Eugenia8. Christine Bolton9. Linda Lee Lyberg10. Li/Lisa Fox — West Michigan, USA 11. Kerfe Roig12. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr (2)13. Xenia Tran14.…

  • The Open Secret of Wayfaring: a #tanka-prose

    If you are a wayfarer, you follow the Way. It is as simple, and as difficult, as that. Did you think it would be complicated? or easy? running brook the rocks within eroded smooth over time phenomena on the path: obstacle, or stepping stone? for 8th August 2020 prompt: Gerry Muse #219 (occasional tanka prose)The…

  • #Haikai Challenge #150 (8/2/20): Sturgeon Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Hope you enjoyed your waterfalls, haijin! Congratulation to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Li/Lisa Fox — West Michigan, USA3. Jane Dougherty4. Jules5. Jules 6. Colleen Chesebro7. Eugenia8. Dave Madden9. willowdot2110. Xenia Tran 11. Kerfe Roig12. Christine Bolton13. Linda Lee Lyberg14. Janice15. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! August…

  • Arboreal Instruction: a #Kyoka-prose #haibun

    Thump! A branch fell from the maple beside the deck. It struck the lawn a foot away from the fire pit. One whole branch broke into three pieces and several shards of bark. There were no leaves on the branch. Black rot exude throughout, and from the stump that remained from where it once grew…