Frank J. Tassone

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  • The Open Secret of Wayfaring: a #tanka-prose

    If you are a wayfarer, you follow the Way. It is as simple, and as difficult, as that. Did you think it would be complicated? or easy? running brook the rocks within eroded smooth over time phenomena on the path: obstacle, or stepping stone? for 8th August 2020 prompt: Gerry Muse #219 (occasional tanka prose)The…

  • Arboreal Instruction: a #Kyoka-prose #haibun

    Thump! A branch fell from the maple beside the deck. It struck the lawn a foot away from the fire pit. One whole branch broke into three pieces and several shards of bark. There were no leaves on the branch. Black rot exude throughout, and from the stump that remained from where it once grew…

  • #SilentSaturday (8/1/20)

    A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

  • Lawrence Farm Orchard Experience: an @ImageCurve #haibun / #tanka-prose

    clear skies cool enough to pick yellow delicious with three of our friends so satisfying Frankie’s audio diary. His climb up Granny Smith, Gala and Fuji trees for the unblemished, still hanging apples higher up. He and Lilly atop a mound of dirt; seeking pumpkins; racing through the village. Tasting apple cider and apple cinnamon…

  • A Triple-Waterfall Experience: a #haiku sequence

    12, 000 years carving through limestone Genesee river low-pitched roar a saturating mist soft on our skin stair upon stair spreading from the bottom a rainbow a long hike how mesmorizing, this falling water even in this stifling heat Portage Falls I’m hosting dVerse Poets’ MTB, where we write haiku sequences. The pub is open!…

  • #SilentSunday (7/26/20)

    A rest from #Haiku See you tomorrow!

  • Upstate New York Travel Notes: Day 2 (7/25/20) — Letchworth State Park

    A long walk along trail 1. Up and down slopes and stairs. Across a footbridge, to ascend more stairs again. Frank and I leave Mira at a bench, ascend trail 6 alone. Overlook Lower falls, the river upstream from it, before our return. We reunite with Mira, recross the footpath bridge, see the lower falls…

  • Upstate NY Travel Notes, Day 1 (7/24/20): Letchworth

    After a four-and-a-half hour drive along I-86 and I-390, we arrive at Letchworth State Park. The roar of Portage Middle Falls, the mist from its waters caressing or faces, the ascending stairs and switchbacks to the Upper Falls: We enjoy every moment of this oasis of serenity. An exquisite dinner, and a final, twilight walk…