Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • Get Up: a #Quadrille #Haibun

    Yes, I’ve fallen. But I can get up. A thousand, thousand times I’ve kissed the ground. A thousand, thousand and one I’ve kissed the sky. I’m only a breath away from rising again. all of the years since “Eye of the tiger” cloud-piercing sun for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #79 (pubtended by De Jackson, where she…

  • Special Announcement (5/5/19)!

    I am honored to announce that I have joined the team at dVerse Poets Pub! Thank you, Bjorn, for your invitation, Grace, for your invaluable support during my transition, and the entire d’Verse Team for their warm welcome! I hope to premier on the May 27th Haibun Monday. I leave you with my dVerse bio:…

  • #Haikai Challenge #84 (5/5/19): trees newly green (shinju) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Hope you enjoyed your blossom haze, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Tessa2. Isabel Caves3. Janice4. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 5. Jules6. Helene Vaillant7. Leyda Bien8. Xenia Tran 9. Deborah10. Pat R11. Revived Writer12. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! May has arrived. But to the New…

  • Star Wars Day ’19: Legacy of a Last Jedi: a #haibun chronicle of Luke Skywalker Redux

    Originally posted on Frank J. Tassone: (SPOILER ALERT: If you’re one of the handful that still hasn’t seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi, be warned!) How did it all go so wrong? I was the hero of the rebellion against the empire. I was the last hope of the Jedi. But when it was time…

  • Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 6: July 30, 2014

    She serves from half-court. I return forearm. She backhands it over the net. I race into position and pivot, delivering the best backhand of our volley. Did she return it? Did I? Getting water later, I say, “We’ve progressed from terrible to rotten.” Tennis court bathed in sunlight slapping sounds We return from the country…

  • #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 Wrap-up

    Another National Poetry Month ends. Another 30-in-30 completed. What a ride! I achieved the following during this past #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019: 30 haiku posted 30 haikai poems (haiku, tanka, tanka-prose, haibun, renga) posted 4,537 views 2,117 visitors 1,617 likes 330 comments Special thanks to Maureen Thorson as NaPoWriMo.net and Robert Lee Brewer at WD Poetics…

  • Of Stormriding and Picnicking (Again)

    The aches throb. Even the sensations of fatigue have tired. The sleepless night, the challenging day facing students that had a week off, the planning of a poetry jam: They were the breakers. I was the eroding shore. But the Irish song is right: I “weathered the storm” and came “out smiling in the end.”…

  • #Haikai Challenge #83 (4/28/19): blossom haze (hanagumori) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope every celebrant enjoyed Easter, and a very happy Easter to those celebrating Orthodox Easter today. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. The Dark Netizen2. Jane Dougherty3. Jules4. Deborah 5. Tessa6. Helene Vaillant7. Revived Writer8. Dwight L. Roth 9. Ennle Madresan10. Violet Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead. The…