Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • A November with Basho, Day 1

    Poet Jane Dougherty led us on a November journey in 2017, when she hosted a W.B Yeats challenge in lieu of #NaNoWriMo. Inpired by her example, I have decided to embark on a comparable journey. This november I will post excerpts from “The Narrow Road to the Interior” (Translation by Sam Hamill) by master poet…

  • A Halloween Horror

    Halloween … Why would anyone need to fear the dead? Wait… did you hear that? What was that thump in the dark? Who whispers that name? Why is it suddenly so cold? gathered clouds what secrets emerge from the tomb? that I should shudder seeing my own headstone Paralyzed with fear. Heartbeat like the toning…

  • Lamentatio Super Mortuo: An #AmericanSentence #Prosery #Haibun

    Samhain! As the Veil thins, and mists thicken, we gather to cross over. We again walk the Earth upon which we lived. What do we see this night? Our descendent’s children parade from house to house, costumed as creatures of the night that they’ve taken to calling us! Where is our feasting hall? The cups…

  • #Haikai Challenge #110 (10/26/19): Halloween/Samhain #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Hope you had enough wholesome encounters with scarecrows, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr3. Jade Li/Lisa4. Reena Saxena 5. Jules6. Kerfe Roig7. Peter8. Deborah 9. Tessa10. Indira11. Linda Lee Lyberg12. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: How quickly the seasons turn!…

  • 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.…