Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • Stanza del Silenzio: a #haibun

    “But you, when you pray, go into your inner room…” Mt 6:6 “Silence is the first language of God”, Saint John of the Cross once said. Perhaps that’s why sitting in silence always attraced me. From a pre-school age boy, spinning the wheels of his upside-down tricycle, to a pubescent boy, sitting cross-legged on a…

  • Seeing Broadway

    Is it the Broadway we want to see? Bustling theaters, sidewalks filled with tourists that line up with their pre-purchased tickets, the costumed characters harassing visitors for a photo. Is it the Broadway we see? Empty streets and sidewalks, darkened theaters, the cavernous echo of a once bustling midtown. Is this the Broadway we will…

  • Minnewaska March

    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…

  • Featured Poem Alert: Weekly Poetry Challenge Stars | #PhotoPrompt: Frank Tassone – Word Craft ~ Prose and Poetry

    Delighted to learn that Colleen Chesebro has selected my tanka-prose Predation as her featured poem of her 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 178 #PhotoPrompt! For me, Frank’s tanka prose echoes the political realities of our brave new world. I also like that he wrote in the second person as if pointing his figure…

  • #Haikai Challenge #140 (5/21/20): summer meadow (natsuno) / Memorial Day #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Have you savored enough fragrance, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Li/Lisa3. Jules4. Peter 5. Xenia Tran6. Revived Writer7. Kerfe Roig8. Eugenia 9. Pat R10. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead. The United States celebrates Memorial Day this Monday. As I stated in my last Memorial…

  • To Journey on, or not to Journey on … a #TankaProse

    The road less traveled continues. The choice to follow it or turn back remains. No one else makes that decision. No one else faces the consequence. spring gusts after a morning of rain the effort of taking one step, then another for 23rd May 2020 prompt: Gerry Muse #208 (occasional tanka prose) Walking On

  • Predation: a #Quadrille #TankaProse

    When did you imagine that the world revolved around you? Did it take a stray strand of rogue gene to prove otherwise? How utterly predictable of you! a glimpse of pitiable reptillian indifference … we can only blame ourselves for the fix that we’re in for Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 178…

  • #Haikai Challenge #139 (5/17/20): fragrant breeze (kunpuu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you enjoyed fawning around, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Revived Writer3. Li/Lisa 4. Jules5. Linda Lee Lyberg6. Eugenia 7. Janice8. Xenia Tran Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! Take a deep breath. Smell that? It’s the aroma of blossoms. It’s the scent of mint, or…