Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • #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…

  • Completing the Chore: a .@ImageCurve #haibun

    The dishwasher hums, and the whooshing of its water drowns out the crickets. I eat my oatmeal out of Frankie’s Frosted Flakes bowl: not another clean one remains. warm aftertasteempty pill containersbeside bottles first published in Image Curve, May 14, 2020 UPDATE: for dVerse Poets’ OpenLinkNight #267 (pubtended by Grace) The Pub is open! Come…

  • Malfunction on the Morning Commute: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    A new light illuminates the dashboard. I divert to Midas, in vain, as the shop opens at 7:30. I don’t have time to wait. The manual says that the light indicates my tire pressure is low. Since Midas has no air pumps outside the garage, I travel east on Rt. 59, through the heart of…

  • #Haikai Challenge #138 (5/9/20): fawn (kanoko) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    How was your moongazing, haijin? Some of you clearly enjoyed it! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. Jules3. Eugenia4. Li/Lisa 5. Kerfe Roig6. Linda Lee Lyberg7. Janice8. Xenia Tran 9. Revived Writer10. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr11. Jen Goldie Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! Didn’t I say that May…

  • This May: a #GerryMuse #TankaProse

    This May. Month of the Flower Moon. Month of flowers, if you believe the rhyme “April Showers…” the first of two months dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, by the Roman Catholic Church. This May. The US Northeast faces a freeze this weekend. COVID-19 cases rise while controversies ensure. Even murder hornets invade the…