Frank J. Tassone

Tag: photo

  • “Meet the Teachers”: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    We sit in G’s new room. H. grades papers. Ilana checks her messages. D has his iPad open. Judy arrives with a handful of parents. She presents; one asks a question. Then another. Soon after, they leave for another “workshop.” H. resumes grading. I work on an IEP. D and Anthony, who arrived with the…

  • Hail Mary: A #Tanka-Prose

    A “yes” in answer to a divine calling. A sword piercing her heart ever after. A heart in which she pondered all she experienced. A heart that breaks as she holds the corpse of her crucified son. A heart immaculate after a rolled-away stone. A heart enthroned after an ultimate divine summons. “Blessed are you…

  • This Filial Contemplation: a #haibun

    My son squats atop the rocky outcrop in Kakiat park. He gazes toward the distant New York City skyline. Even after ten years, he maintains a comfortable “frog” posture that his second-grade teacher warned us about. He says nothing. I hold my tongue in deference. I remember those moments when I, too, savored silence. As…

  • Meditation in Blue: a #Quadrille #Gembun #sequence

    Blues riff on a cocktail napkin a single tear They want my blue eyes. If they only knew … clear sky rustling leaves summer wind The talk of a coming “Blue Tsunami…” As if. all the calm of the ocean politics Traveling these blue ways … for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #107 – Blue Monday (pubtended by…

  • #SilentSunday (7/12/20)

    A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

  • Vernal Moments: A Gerry-Muse #Tanka-Prose

    Summer Vacation began with the sudden end of the Google Meet Faculty Conference. The bird songs in the backyard carried on. Leaves fluttered in a passing summer breeze, while sun from a clear sky bathed the lawn in gold. The first week passed. Writing continued. Witnessing continued. Then we broke our routine with a short…

  • Cape Cod Travel Notes (7/7/20)

    A simple breakfast: croissant, with homemade Columbian coffee–courtesy of the in-studio Mr. Coffee and our own supply from home. An early departure for beach-hopping. simple pleasures moring views of the bay Head of the Meadows beach, where we sit, then explore a sandbar–before incoming tides submerge it. driving winds the curiosity of a chill at…

  • Dizzying Orientations: a current @ImageCurve #haibun

    His humanities classroom with Ms. Narscisco looks like any room at Montebello. His other rooms look more like those of typical High Schools. The science room is the exception, with its wood paneling and table-chair seating. Power-points. The same talks again, again. I leave with my head swimming. All the stars in place after Meet-the-teacher Photo…