Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • PSA (7/8/20): iPhone woes

    I’m away. The iPhone terminally malfunctions. Therefore, expect me when you see me until my return. Murphy’s Law the ever-dependable unexpected

  • Cape Cod 2020 Travel Notes, 6/6/20

    We rose at seven. Frank’s iPhone still doesn’t work. Mine needed a full reset. But we manage to Las the car and leave by 8:45. On the road across three states our journey The near five-hour trip to North Truro in Cape Cod happens without complications. After a call to our property manager, we gain…

  • #Haikai Challenge #146 (7/5/20): Buck Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Have you savored the transience of the Wild Iris enough, haijin? Many of you did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Li/Lisa2. Pat R3. Tessa Dean4. Dave Madden5. joem18b6. s.s. 7. Linda Lee Lyberg8. Jane Dougherty9. Eugenia10. Jules11. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr12. Kerfe Roig 13. Christine Bolton14. Janice15. Revived Writer16. Xenia Tran17.…

  • A Domestic Experience: A #Tanka-Prose

    The neighborhood Fourth of July fireworks ceased sometime during the night. Now, the only sounds are the intermittent birdsongs, the rustle of breeze-tussled leaves, and the hum of a dryer exhaust. The sun approaches zenith. The last clouds dispersed. Sunlight-bathed blades of grass look a radiant green. The temperature and humidity continue to rise. Yesterday,…

  • Captain’s Last Stand: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

    I bring Frankie out of his bedroom. It is 10:00PM, but he was not asleep. The Yankees play the Orioles in the Bronx. It is the top of the ninth inning; the home team has a three-run lead. A fitting way for Derek Jeter, the Yankee Captain, to end his last home game. closer’s warm…

  • Course Correction: a #haibun

    Not the way. Whatever is not the way soon ends… Laoxi, from Lao-Tzu: A Book about the Way and the power of the Way, Ursula K. Le Guin Are we sure? We have walked this road for a long time. Footstep after footstep across the soft earth of community, and the hard pavement of individualism.…

  • Minnewaska March (an #Encore #Haibun)

    We hit the road for Minnewaska State Park Preserve, in the Shawangunk Mountains outside New Paltz, NY, by 7:30. Arriving just before 9:00, we join the fortunate, 50%-of-park-capacity visitors admitted before the gates close. Of course, since park personnel direct us to the Awosting Falls parking lot, we face a mile ascent up the Sunset…

  • Curb Appeal

    “We could use some mulch.” Mira made the comment during one of our walks in the neighborhood. We had become dissatisfied with the landscaping that flanked the entrance to our driveway. As we passed house after house with fresh mulch, she determined that mulch was our future. Our Saturday mornings soon filled with trips to…