Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • “…Unto the Breach…” a #Quadrille #haibun

    Set the stage. It’s long past time for a competant actor. Set the table. We’re overdue for an adult diner. Set the microphones and cameras; the witnesses must speak. Set the time of our deliverance from vulgar, conniving “Chosen Ones.” sunset broken promises remembered for dVerse Poets Quadrille #89: Are you Set? (pubtended by Merrill)…

  • #Haikai Challenge #107 (10/5/19): fall foliage (red leaves (momiji)) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Thank you for honoring Rosh Hashanah, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena2. Jules 3. Tessa4. Jane Dougherty 5. Jane Dougherty6. Jade Li/Lisa Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: It’s October. Maple leaves have begun to turn. A spectacle of brilliant color appears as the sun sets. The…

  • Up There: A #TankaProse

    Breathing hard. Heart racing like never before. I lean against a pine. The trail continues. But will I? Step by step by step. Until the rocky apex of Sentinal Dome appears. The climax of the ascent before me, I pour out the last of my strength to reach the top. The whole of Yosemite valley…

  • An Environmental Prophet’s Welcome: a #tankaprose

    Greta Thunberg sat alone outside her school. She had gone on strike to protest climate change. A year later, children throughout the world joined her. NYC students received exemption from school absense for participating in the strike. She even spoke before the UN General Assembly. For her courageous witness, a multitude of (mostly) conservative, climate-change-denying…

  • More Insomnial Moments: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

    Quarter past midnight. The last remnant of relaxing chamomile leaves a tangy, bitter aftertaste. “Zigzagging to the light” plays across my mind as I put down an extended meditation on mentorship in Robert McDowell’s Poetry as a Spiritual Practice. I’ll face the bed again. And hope to get the sleep I desperately need. Perhaps I…

  • Anniversary: 3 years of Haikai Matters!

    Delighted to celebrate my third anniversary today! Thank you for sharing this haikai journey with me! poem by poem letting everyone know haikai matters

  • Lepidopteric* Encounters: An .@ImageCurve #haibun

    We step through the second door, entering the arbortorium, and feel saturated by semi-tropical heat and humidity! Large palms and other representative flora grow out of the center. The palm branches shelter the pathways. All around are the butterflies. A large one with brown, splotchy wings lands on Frankie’s head. He’s seated on one of…

  • #Haikai Challenge #106 (9/30/19) Rosh Hashanah #Haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Hope you enjoyed the Equinox, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth2. Tessa3. Reena Saxena4. Jane Dougherty5. Pat R6. Xenia Tran 7. Xenia Tran (2)8. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr9. Janice10. Jules11. Deborah12. Jade Li/Lisa 13. joem18b14. Revived Writer15. Linda Lee Lyberg16. Jane Dougherty17. Kerfe Roig Powered by… Mister Linky’s…