Tag: Image Curve
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Another Rockland Boulder’s Game: A #TBT #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
Ready to play ball with the Rockland Boulders?
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First Contact: A #TBT (10/18/18) #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
Lynn’s “a” looks like mine. I hesitate for a second, pray, then open the envelop. Inside lies a folded card with artwork from the Met. Her handwritten message—written right-side to left—begins by thanking me for my “kindness.” Next, she comments on my “enlightened parents” and the importance of “good nurturing.” Then she asks about my…
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“Sneaky Frankie, Tricky Frankie,”: A #TBT #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
I didn’t see what he took out of the ‘frig. I only found out after I saw his PB & J sandwiches. Waves of Reddi-Whip covered the top of each. lunch in the shade his pen drawing of the Empire State Building Photo by Andrii Fadin first published in Image Curve, October 11, 2018…
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Foretaste of Fall: A #TBT #haibun featuring my latest from @ImageCurve (10/4/18)
It’s cool this morning. The maple beside the deck still holds a canopy of lush, verdant leaves. The Pygmy Chinese maple offers no hint of any loss. The lawn is as green—and overgrown—as ever. Nevertheless, it feels more like an Autumn morning. Like the ones that will return soon. lone sparrow singing another sip of…
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Memorial Light and Shadow: A #TBT #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
What do I remember of her? Straight brown hair, sky-blue eyes and tapered cheekbones? Her love of horses? My head swimming when she smiled? What don’t I remember of her? Our walks in the woods of Douglas Park? Or awkward moments under the bleachers? Or our times together in the rush of pouring rain? I…
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Seen and Unseen Apple Trees: A #TBT #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
I see the apple tree. It’s dark-gray and brown, ridged bark, with Y-shaped branches splitting upward like outstretched arms from its knotted trunk. Its leaves fill every branch. The 2 x 4 Dad and I nailed onto the trunk below the split, so Frankie could plant his foot to climb it. I see him in…
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A Jealous Moment: A #TBT #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
The aroma of her nail polish is so strong that I smell it from the lounge chair. And her hair? Straight and silky. All to visit our dentist—her former employer. She says no. Do I believe her? Mid-morning haze tonight a sudden rain first published in Image Curve, September 13, 2018 Photo by Allef…
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First Memory of Mom: A #TBT #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
I don’t know my first memory of Mom. I recall the photo and home movies: beehive hair, white mini. Was it when I cut my hand on that protruding stone at the daycare center? Was it the fleeting images of her cooking in our 52 Holland Avenue basement apartment? I can’t remember. Or won’t. her…
Frank J. Tassone 