Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • Hail Mary: A #Tanka-Prose

    A “yes” in answer to a divine calling. A sword piercing her heart ever after. A heart in which she pondered all she experienced. A heart that breaks as she holds the corpse of her crucified son. A heart immaculate after a rolled-away stone. A heart enthroned after an ultimate divine summons. “Blessed are you…

  • This Filial Contemplation: a #haibun

    My son squats atop the rocky outcrop in Kakiat park. He gazes toward the distant New York City skyline. Even after ten years, he maintains a comfortable “frog” posture that his second-grade teacher warned us about. He says nothing. I hold my tongue in deference. I remember those moments when I, too, savored silence. As…

  • Meditation in Blue: a #Quadrille #Gembun #sequence

    Blues riff on a cocktail napkin a single tear They want my blue eyes. If they only knew … clear sky rustling leaves summer wind The talk of a coming “Blue Tsunami…” As if. all the calm of the ocean politics Traveling these blue ways … for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #107 – Blue Monday (pubtended by…

  • #Haikai Challenge #147 (7/11/20): smoldering [hot] (moyuru) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Enjoy your moon-gazing, haijin? Many of you did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Kerfe Roig2. joem18b3. Li/Lisa4. Jules5. Janice 6. Jane Dougherty7. Revived Writer8. Dave Madden9. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr10. Eugenia 11. Pat R12. Christine Bolton13. Tessa Dean14. Xenia Tran15. s.s. Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! The forecast in…

  • Vernal Moments: A Gerry-Muse #Tanka-Prose

    Summer Vacation began with the sudden end of the Google Meet Faculty Conference. The bird songs in the backyard carried on. Leaves fluttered in a passing summer breeze, while sun from a clear sky bathed the lawn in gold. The first week passed. Writing continued. Witnessing continued. Then we broke our routine with a short…

  • Cape Cod Travel Notes (7/7/20)

    A simple breakfast: croissant, with homemade Columbian coffee–courtesy of the in-studio Mr. Coffee and our own supply from home. An early departure for beach-hopping. simple pleasures moring views of the bay Head of the Meadows beach, where we sit, then explore a sandbar–before incoming tides submerge it. driving winds the curiosity of a chill at…

  • Dizzying Orientations: a current @ImageCurve #haibun

    His humanities classroom with Ms. Narscisco looks like any room at Montebello. His other rooms look more like those of typical High Schools. The science room is the exception, with its wood paneling and table-chair seating. Power-points. The same talks again, again. I leave with my head swimming. All the stars in place after Meet-the-teacher Photo…

  • PSA (7/9/20): The Return

    Twilight deepens. We arrived home before 8 EST. A strange happenstance: after I left my phone alone for a day, it recovered! Perhaps the Spirit decided I needed a complete rest! Expect my return tomorrow. Until then, stay healthy and safe! fireflies competing with drag racers frogs croaking