Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • #Haikai Challenge #145 (6/27/20): wild iris (ayame) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you enjoyed your Solstice, haijin! I know I did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. s.s.3. Peter4. Jane Dougherty5. Dave Madden 6. Jules7. Tessa Dean8. Kerfe Roig9. Revived Writer10. Ron. Lavalette 11. Li/Lisa12. Xenia Tran13. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr14. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya!…

  • Arid Hope: a #writephoto #TankaProse

    An endless drought. The resevoir 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 over a fire. She adds dash of some foul-smelling herb, chants a litany in a language none of us understand.…

  • Encountering Two Snakes: my latest @ImageCurve #haibun

    The orange trail ascends Halfway Mountain. Yellow and brown elm leaves blanket the flanks of the path. As I say something to Mira, I jump with a start. Inches away, a black rat snake lies still. A sight surpassed only by the timber rattler we encounter off the Pine Meadow trail. rattling the woods suddenly…

  • #Haikai Challenge #144 (6/20/20): Solstice I (Summer/Winter) Midsummer (manastu) / Midwinter (mafuyu) #Haiku #Senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Excellent hunting, haijin! You caught a variety of kigo! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Dave Madden3. Jules4. Peter5. joem18b 6. Eugenia7. Sangeetha8. Pat R9. Tessa Dean10. Li/Lisa 11. Janice12. Linda Lee Lyberg13. Kerfe Roig14. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! Today marks the first…

  • Are we? A #KyokaProse / #TankaProse

    Three times the death rate from COVID Infections. Twice the number of fatalities from police violence. More than double the poverty rate. Only 19% of the population nationwide. “We are all in this together.” But when we say “We,” whom do we mean? Junteenth approaching storm clouds long past time to live “…and justice for…

  • PSA (6/16/20): on Lost Days

    Some days are busier than others. Today was one of them. I will be back tomorrow with more haikai. Look for me at dVerse Poets Pub too, starting at 3:00 PM EST. I’m hosting MTB, where we will explore the Imagists! Until then! night somewhere a sky full of stars

  • #Haikai Challenge #143 (6/13/20): Choose-your-own Summer (Winter) Kigo #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    How did you enjoy the your firefly show, haijin! Some of you clearly did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr3. Ben Kohns4. Jules 5. Pat R6. Eugenia7. s.s.8. Li/Lisa 9. Revived Writer10. Xenia Tran11. Tessa Dean12. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking…

  • That Black Trench Coat: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    The late 1910s. Grandpa Vuolo wore it on those cold days when he looked for work. It was black wool, fine as camel hair, with a raised collar and large button; the coat easily reached his knees. It also had a curious angle pocket near the left collar. Many days he would brush the falling…