Frank J. Tassone

Tag: photo

  • Sunrise: a #quadrille #haibun for #dversepoets

    They stand, kneel, twirl suspended in the air on ascending trapezes. All while a golden sphere glittering in golden spotlights rises. The music plays on. The dance continues–on an above the ground. “Here comes the sun…” Cirque de Solei’s Beatles Love “shines on” for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille 83 and 8th Anniversary The pub celebrates 8…

  • #SilentSunday (7/14/19)

    A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

  • “Oak Creek Canyon…” a #haiga (7/13/19)

  • American Southwest Travel Notes (7/12/19): a #haibun

    a day of walks and views of horseshoe bend and Antelope Canyon ends with sunset views over the red rocks from Airport Mesa. horizon glow a stirring wind and silence Cathedral Rock. An early morning hike yields abundant peace. strenuous steps a vast panorama of red rocks Chapel of the Holy Cross. A fifty-foot Crucifix.…

  • American Southwest ‘19 Travel Notes (7/10/19) #haibun #haiku

    The vista of Red Rock Country from Airport Mesa. A view of Cathedral Rock from a roadside scenic outlook. A backcountry tour with the iconic Pink Jeep Tours. The initial majesties of Sedona, AZ sunlit red rocks a stirring in a vortex A day-long tour of Sunset Crater. A walk on cooled lava. Native American…

  • #SilentSunday (7/7/19)

    A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

  • Inverted Expectations? (A #TankaProse)

    The searing heat of a New York July weekend continues even through scattered showers. Already the skies darken with thunderclouds, yet the temperature and humidity yield not one point. Does Sydney suffer from a prevailing windchill and frost warnings? Has yet more snow consumed the streets? Or is this the sympathetic, yet uninformed, musing of…

  • An awaited Crossing: a #writephoto #haibun

    Breathe. Listen to the rush of white-foaming water. See the rippling currents as the river flows. Feel that stirring breeze. Breathe. Gather. Step to the span’s edge. Consider the consequences one more time. Breathe. Then step across. Embrace the other side. Listen to the rush of white-foaming water, now more distant, now behind. Walk on.…