Tag: Image Curve
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#Throwdown Thursday (4/12/18): Shepherd’s Call…my latest #haibun on .@ImageCurve
Shepherd’s Call Each year, The Catholic Church celebrates Christ the Good Shepherd. A common Gospel reading for that Sunday Liturgy is the Gospel of John, in which Jesus Christ calls himself “the good Shepherd.” (John 10: 14) and says that his sheep “hear my voice.” (John 10:27) What do I hear? The tweets,…
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#Wayback Wednesday (4/11/18): Tempest…an .@ImageCurve #haibun
Tempest Syracuse wind chime in back sings. Outside light flashes on. The wind blows on and on. Soon, I’ll step out into it. Shudder at the thought hot bite of oatmeal— last memory of warmth this morning for more by FRANK J. TASSONE Photograph by Liming Huang first published in…
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The Death Knell of Columbus
The women wear suits. We file into the auditorium for our December Professional Development. Our Principal, Lisa, stands at the front. “Our agenda has changed. Please let me introduce our superintendent…” I shudder. Superintendents never come to schools anymore. Except to deliver bad news. The petite Latina woman with the hint of middle-age weight…
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#Freestyle Friday (4/6/18): a little “Tai Chi Practice” courtesy of .@ImageCurve
Tai Chi Practice “White Crane Spreads its Wings” Sunlight rippling off the Ramapo River Deep breath in. During commencement, I raise soft, rounded arms. They ascend, roll and descend. Deep breath out. As I pivot and “roll the ball.” Empty, fill. Breathe in, breathe out. Brush knee left. Then the rest of the…
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#Throwdown Thursday (4/5/18): Losing Grandma…my latest #haibun on .@ImageCurve
Losing Grandma I don’t remember Grandma’s death. The only flash of memory is a snippet of conversation, and a flash of grief and concern on Mom’s face. My most clear memory of Grandma: she would squeeze my cheeks between her index and middle fingers and then twist. Simultaneously, her Calabrais face in mine,…
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First Easter After Dad: an .@ImageCurve #haibun…#napowrimo2018 #npm
First Easter after Dad Chocolate-centered pastries; strawberry shortcake; sliced pineapple, melon and cantaloupe: all on platters spread across the row of tables. A pitcher of homemade red wine sits near empty glasses. Mira and her sisters rest on the sofas in the adjoining living room. My brothers-in-law linger at the dining room…
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#Throwdown Thursday (3/29/18): my latest #haibun “A Montebello School Commencement” is up on .@ImageCurve
A Montebello School Commencement Frankie and I are home. He’ll soon put on a light-green, button-down collared shirt, a pair of Khakis and dockers. We’ll drop him off at the middle school and take our seats in the auditorium. For his promotion ceremony. I blinked, and my son turned eleven and graduated elementary…
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Spring Suite: an .@ImageCurve #haibun collection
Prologue Spring morning a moment of grace in the sun winter-hardened soil yields the season’s first chutes Spring Suite, Part I: At the NJ Botanical Gardens The twin rows of apple trees define a path down the center of Skyland Manor’s Great Lawn. They won’t blossom until May. Many…
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