Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • #Haikai Challenge #70 (1/26/19): Rachel Sutcliffe tribute #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Thank you, haijin, for raising your voices for equality. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jane Dougherty2. The Dark Netizen3. Dwight L. Roth4. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 5. Revived Writer6. Merril D. Smith7. Janice 8. Jules @ Strands 9. Helene Vaillant10. Reena Saxena Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Moving forward. We…

  • Rollar-coastering Climate: a #writephoto #haibun

    The latest “Storm of the century” dropped a mere inch of snow. Frozen rain fell after, adding an icy crust to snow that it didn’t dissolve. The next day, frigid temperatures that rose no higher than ten degrees Farenheit transformed that snow into icy plains. cold sparrows the biting wind around the funeral home Two…

  • The Perils of Letting Go: a #tankaprose

    1/25/19: Gerry Muse #140–Letting go The perils of “letting go” “Everything I ever let go had claw marks on it.” I had heard it said in the rooms many times by many people. When I was in therapy for a time, it described well my own conflicts with detachment. I told my therapist. Never imagining…

  • A Forgotten Sentry

    Deep emerald maple leaves blossom on my neighbor’s tree. The trunk—in shadow—looks almost black. It casts little shade over the aging, clubhouse-swing set that my neighbor worked so hard to erect. The one no one has played on in so long. empty backyardleaves flutter in a passingsummer breeze Photo by Yonan Farah first published in Image…

  • A Lycanthrope’s Confession: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse (1/22/19)

    Ask your question. Go on. Ask how I could do it. How I could shed my own skin, forsake my species and run with the wolves. Ask how I could rage under a blood moon, an animal’s growl erupting from me like a long-restrained geyser. Are you certain you want the answer? Perhaps you can…

  • #Haikai Challenge #69 (1/19/19): Equality #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    You answered the raven’s call, haijin! Well done! Due to my upper respiratory infection, I did not post a new challenge last week. Some of you kept the raven haikai coming. Congratulations to the last challenge’s participants! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Revived Writer2. lynn__3. Dwight L. Roth4. Suzanne5. Toni Spencer6. Reena Saxena 7. Jane Dougherty8.…

  • Bronx Zoo Visit, 7/16/14

    moving dinosaursthe animatronics thatbring battles to lifehis smile when T-Rexdowns triceratops The tiger lies on his side, eyes closed. Another one—the next enclosure over—at least lifts his head. As indifferently as the gorillas at the Congo Rain Forest: eating, gazing empty-eyed toward us, scratching buttocks before climbing trees. safari riddlefar too many deerfor Wild AsiaShe’s…

  • Dueling Pestilence

    (Cricket. Cricket. Cricket.) Hey, is this thing in? Good. So…I’m still recovering. Turns out I have an upper respiratory infection. Fun. I’ve therefore had a low concentration gradient–and so the lack of posting. At least there’s time to catch up on Game of Thrones. 😆 I hope to resume normal blogging soon. Stay tuned. another…