Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • Hematologist Follow-up: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

    The same friendly nurse pricks my finger. Moments after taking my sample, she tells me my white blood cell count is up to 4.0 greater than normal. Then she leads me to an exam room with birchwood paneling and a framed photo of a sand dune. Where I still wait. overheard stories …unnoticed branchessway in…

  • PSA (10/22/19)

    I home sick. Resting, so I won’t be blogging much today, if at all. See you soon gentle rain the return of those aches and pains

  • Emptied Quivers: A #quadrille #haibun

    One knocked arrow after another flies. A rain of fletch from bags and quivers. And French knights fall by the score. Archers hold the muddy field as surviving knights flee. Emptied Quivers. The key to Henry V’s victory. Agincourt How English Longbows made history for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille Monday #90: We’re all a-Quiver (pubtended by…

  • #Haikai Challenge #109 (10/20/19): scarecrow (kakashi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Enjoy the moon gazing, haijin? I know I did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. joem18b3. Dwight L. Roth4. Peter5. Figments of a DuTchess 6. Reena Saxena7. Jane Dougherty8. Janice9. Jade Li/Lisa10. Tessa 11. Xenia Tran12. Jules13. Revived Writer14. Deborah15. Kerfe Roig Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets.…

  • Back-to-School Blues, part ? ( my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun)

    After another night of tossing and turning, I feel a pinching sensation above my eyebrows. A tickle in my throat, as well as a slight queasiness in my stomach, soon follows. The ill-feeling spiked after I read my tentative program. That’s when I learn that I’ll co-teach Juniors all day. And my ELA co-teacher needs…

  • Ultimum Solum: a #writephoto #haibun

    Breathe the salty air of the sea breeze. Gaze upon the last glow above the horizon. Listen to the lap of surf upon the shore. Be still. The twilight arrives by itself. Unity is always at hand. Experience it. declining light anticipating the next day’s delight for Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt: Stillness #writephoto

  • Indigenous Day: a #haibun

    I stood before the candidates during the opening ceremonies of the Boy Scouts of America’s Order of the Arrow Ordeal weekend. Dressed at an Iroquois chief, I performed the script for the role I played: Nutiket, guardian of the circle. Other members of the ceremony complemented my performance as a “kick-add Nutiket!” I had no…

  • #Haikai Challenge #108 (10/12/19): Hunter’s Moon (next full moon (nochi no tsuki)) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    How did you enjoy the fall foliage, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena2. Xenia Tran3. Jane Dougherty4. Peter5. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr6. Dwight L. Roth 7. Tessa8. Jade Li/Lisa9. Jules10. Petru11. Deborah12. Kerfe Roig 13. Janice14. Xenia Tran (2)15. Linda Lee Lyberg16. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical…