Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • Relocating the Gingerbread Man (Redux): a #Christmas #haibun courtesy of .@ImageCurve

    It is a delicate procedure. One so precarious that Frankie runs from the kitchen, saying, “I can’t bear to watch in case this goes south.” Mira emerges from the kitchen. The gingerbread house Frankie worked on rests on a glass cake stand. new centerpieceiTunes’ carols playing asa proud pastry chefadmires his masterpiecein our Christmas trees’…

  • The Message of the Nativity: a #writephoto #TankaProse

    passing light a virgin’s assent saves us all What better effort from the heart can we expect? The last light of the shortest day casts a pallid orange across an empty sky. Caesar’s decree ensures that a speck of a city like Bethlehem will quickly overflow. The carpenter that leads a donkey laden with his…

  • A Yard House Encounter: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    The beer sampler at the Yard House comes in six 5-ounce glasses. That’s a duce shy of two pints. Chris and I down them while we share an appetizer of boneless buffalo wings with hot sauce, blue cheese and celery sticks. The first bite bursts in my mouth, an explosion of spice so strong that…

  • #Haikai Challenge #66 (12/22/18) Christmas #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Enjoy your longest day/night, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Reena Saxena2. Jane Dougherty3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr4. Dwight L. Roth5. Suzanne 6. The Dark Netizen7. Janice8. Jules @ Strands9. Merril D. Smith10. Toni Spencer 11. Helene Vaillant12. Revived Writer13. Linda Lee Lyberg14. Xenia Tran15. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by……

  • A Little Light Defiance

    I hear your laughter, you coming darkness. I hold my tongue at your mockery of our quavering, as daylight diminishes with each passing day. I bear your taunts about how hope dwindles with your growing deluge. Because the joke is on you. I light one candle, and you cringe. For all your black might, you…

  • #Haikai Challenge #65 (12/15/18): Solstice II #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      Since the mountain didn’t come to you, many of you went to it, haijin!   Congratulations to last week’s contributors:   Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr3. Reena Saxena4. Suzanne5. Jane Dougherty 6. Jules @ Strands7. Jules @ Strands8. Helene Vaillant9. Janice10. Pat R 11. The Dark Netizen12. rene…

  • Passing (Redux)

    My father died of Pancreatic cancer on December 14, 2011. I first published this haibun in Image Curve, on December 18, 2014. The mid-afternoon sun rests along the top of the Ramapo Mountains. The patio shines in a brilliance unobstructed by leafless maple trees. Mira and I sit at the table, taking a rest from…

  • Writing Counterpoints: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    More than twenty years ago, I sat on a faded beige, chrysanthemum-patterned couch in New City’s first expresso bar, Caffeine Jones. Sipping hot cappuccino, I channeled my angst though Natalie Goldberg’s write-practice drills, filling every line of a college-ruled notebook. Alone. Today, I sit on our chair-ottoman in the comfort of our living room. Mira…