Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • Metanoia

    Mardi Gras arrives again. The revelers gather to embrace the excess that precedes the abstinance. There is a time to feast and a time to fast. But there are no parades for us: no thrown beads, no expositions, no chanting crowds of tourists. Our celebration is a simple fried chicken filete dinner with broccoli rabe…

  • This March Madness: a #writephoto #haibun

    Sunlight from an unclouded sky radiates the snow-covered lawns of the neighborhood. This winter that gently bleated in its youth roars in its dotage. Nevertheless, the gates of seasonal change stand ajar, as the vernal equinox approaches. Soon the blossoms will unfold. The botanical gardens will yield their bloom. The morning air will echo with…

  • #Haikai Challenge #75 (3/2/19): light snow (awayuki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    You skated across the thin ice to safety, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Helene Vaillant3. Reena Saxena4. Jane Dougherty 5. Jules @ Strands6. The Dark Netizen7. Dwight L. Roth8. Pat R 9. Tessa10. Janice11. Musings od a Soul Eclectic12. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical…

  • Racehorse Dreams: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

    “It was one of his many ‘get rich quick’ schemes,” Mom says. She and Dad bought a racehorse with some thoroughbred blood in it. They hired a trainer and jockey, and rented stables. They planned to train the horse as a pacer for the trot car races: popular at Yonkers Raceway, Monticello and the like.…

  • #NaHaiWriMo 2019 closure

    Another February, another NaHaiWriMo! I succeeded in writing two haiku per day for the month. It was a lot of fun! Thank you, everyone, for reading and for your continued support. swan song so much haiku so little time

  • Emergent Compassion: a #TankaProse #TBT (on a Wednesday) #haibun

    memorial stone a genesis of ruin in every sip all their raised fists and voices all of my paralysis A night so long ago. Her absolute enabled-tongue lashing you to mindless rage. Her slumped on the stairs, you above her, fists clenched, driving down. I, a boy of twelve, headlocking you off her. You, a…

  • #Haikai Challenge #74 (2/23/19): thin ice (usurai) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    You honored the presidency and witnessed to presidents, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Tessa3. Dwight L. Roth4. Reena Saxena5. Jane Dougherty 6. Jules @ Strands7. Helene Vaillant8. The Dark Netizen9. Janice10. Linda Lee Lyberg 11. Shannon Blood12. emily karn13. MossHawk14. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s…

  • An Unspoken Story: a #writephoto #haibun

    A fist punches through the very earth, only to petrify as a standing stone. Another titan prevented from tormenting the world, perhaps? Or is the stone not a fist, but one of the Fianna, stepping out of Kairos into Chronos, like old Oisin himself? Another hero bearing the burden of one cataclysmic choice. Or is…