Frank J. Tassone

Tag: photo

  • A Spring Respite: a #tankaprose

    Sunlight blinks from the rippling surface of Pine Meadow Lake like a swarm of fireflies. A gentle spring wind off the lake sends a subtle chill up our spine. I sit burmese style and stare at the rippling water in the shade. A two-hour hike out of Kakiat Park brought us to this novel shore.…

  • The End of an Apocalyptic Affair: a #writephoto #AmericanSentence #Haibun #Prosery

    How did we go wrong? She and I had a perfect love. Oh, how we played God with the first Homo Sapiens. Ah, their luscious suffering and inevitable end! She laughed at their wheezing, fevers, and cold sweats. I sighed as I drew away their last breath. Millenia after millenia, we danced across the Earth.…

  • Strange Sorrow: my latest .@ImageCurve #Haibun

    Lessons prepared. Other work will wait. I enjoy the rest of a relaxing day with the family: football, phone calls, the great outdoors. Even Syfy! Still, an uneasiness arises, like the phantom prick of a splinter removed from an old callous. I gave up YABC. It’s a deliverance, but it’s also a loss. Six years!…

  • Curious Communion: a #haibun

    When is the virtual more vital than the real? When social distancing is the order of the day. When the well-meant gathering makes us accessories after the fact to infecting others. When we need to isolate in the real to deprive Corona its breeding ground. NYC schools begin remote learning this Monday. 1.1 million school…

  • “#CONVID19…” a #tanka (3/16/20)

    3/16/20: tricycle #CONVID19 the live coping sessions at Tricycle meanwhile, reflected sunlight on the front yard hedge #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#CoronaVirus

  • The Tao of War and Peace: a #PiDay #TankaProse

    Our anonymous ancestors discovered fire. They lit their nights thereafter. Apex predators that had preyed on them before felt fear evermore. Cooked meat freed their metabolisms to generate cognitive growth. How long after did the first of our anonymous ancestors turn fire against another? Was its use the first weapon of mass destruction, in a…

  • “My Corona…” a #haibun

    All around us, the lists: Wash your hands Keep your hands away from your face Cough in your elbow or inside your shirt Wash you hands In such pandemic times, even simple tasks like shopping take on Herculean proportions. Mira managed to grab the last four-pack of toilet paper left on the shelves at the…

  • 3/10/20: longest day Crow moon —more than a season awaythe summer solstice #haiku #micropoetry #poetry