Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • The End of an Apocalyptic Affair: a #writephoto #AmericanSentence #Haibun #Prosery

    How did we go wrong? She and I had a perfect love. Oh, how we played God with the first Homo Sapiens. Ah, their luscious suffering and inevitable end! She laughed at their wheezing, fevers, and cold sweats. I sighed as I drew away their last breath. Millenia after millenia, we danced across the Earth.…

  • Strange Sorrow: my latest .@ImageCurve #Haibun

    Lessons prepared. Other work will wait. I enjoy the rest of a relaxing day with the family: football, phone calls, the great outdoors. Even Syfy! Still, an uneasiness arises, like the phantom prick of a splinter removed from an old callous. I gave up YABC. It’s a deliverance, but it’s also a loss. Six years!…

  • Curious Communion: a #haibun

    When is the virtual more vital than the real? When social distancing is the order of the day. When the well-meant gathering makes us accessories after the fact to infecting others. When we need to isolate in the real to deprive Corona its breeding ground. NYC schools begin remote learning this Monday. 1.1 million school…

  • #Haikai Challenge #130 (3/14/20): [spring/autumn] equinox (higan) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    How was your moon gazing, haijin? Many of you seem to have enjoyed it! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Reena Saxena3. Eugenia4. Li/Lisa5. Rhen Laird 6. Linda Lee Lyberg7. Peter8. Jules9. Pat R10. Jen Goldie 11. Revived Writer12. Janice13. Xenia Tran14. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by… Mister Linky’s…

  • The Tao of War and Peace: a #PiDay #TankaProse

    Our anonymous ancestors discovered fire. They lit their nights thereafter. Apex predators that had preyed on them before felt fear evermore. Cooked meat freed their metabolisms to generate cognitive growth. How long after did the first of our anonymous ancestors turn fire against another? Was its use the first weapon of mass destruction, in a…

  • “My Corona…” a #haibun

    All around us, the lists: Wash your hands Keep your hands away from your face Cough in your elbow or inside your shirt Wash you hands In such pandemic times, even simple tasks like shopping take on Herculean proportions. Mira managed to grab the last four-pack of toilet paper left on the shelves at the…

  • #Haikai Challenge #129 (3/7/20): Super (Worm) Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    How well have you endured the East wind, haijin? Many of you did just fine! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Li/Lisa3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr4. Dwight L. Roth5. Eugenia 6. Jules7. Rhen Laird8. Xenia Tran9. Rhen Laird10. Emily Karn 11. Linda Lee Lyberg12. Revived Writer13. Reena Saxena14. Pat R15.…

  • O Atlantica! A #TankProse Ode

    How many times have I gazed at your horizon? How many crashes of your surf against the turf of the New Jersey shoreline have I heard? How many white-foam crests have you crashed into me? How many times have I tasted your saline delight? Sea gulls may cry. Salsa and marange may blast from speakers…