Tag: photo

  • #Throwdown Thursday (1/4/18): My latest on .@ImageCurve…#haibun #poetry

    When Mowing, Mow The tractor mower drives toward the pygmy Chinese Maple. The engine’s drone, heard through ear protectors. The stiff steering wheel, gripped in gloved hands. The long grasses stretch to the sun. solstice beside the tractor flattened grass   first published in Image Curve, January 4, 2018   photo by JANNIK SELZ on…

  • The Agony and Ecstasy of Doors: a #haibun…#haiku #poetry

    Rome. Arch of Janus in the Foro Boario. Facade towards the Tevere river. Through the arch, the porch of the church of Saint George in Velabro is seen. By No machine-readable author provided. MM assumed (based on copyright claims). [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons   Who could imagine that a locked, white-paneled double-door would offer…

  • #Tanka Tuesday (1/2/18): Ordinary Grace–a #tankaprose #haibun…#poetry #haiku

    Photo by Olesia Misty on Unsplash   An alchemic drive to transform this fallen world into paradise how many moments of Grace missed in the ordinary?     We almost don’t recognize each other. Her near-pixie cut hair and blue lipstick, and my ever-growing beard, conspire to conceal us. A moment later, we exchange our…

  • #Monoku Monday: A #Quadrille for #dVersepoets

    Close of New Year’s Day   New Year    still the soft glow     of Christmas lights   Neil Diamond’s voice fills the living room. Mira and Frankie lie sprawled on a couch and chair-ottoman, facing their screens. Our Last vacation day, before we leap into action!   uncried tears    this January  …

  • 2017 In Review #Haikai #NewYear

    Photo by Paul M on Unsplash Whoa! Hard to say much more, considering: 10, 734 views 2,929 visitors 4,113 likes 1,754 comments 110 followers (total) And an overwhelming amount of this growth began in August of this year! I’m humbled. Honored. Doing cartwheels! And as if that weren’t enough: A new haibun published in Haibun…

  • #VisionQuest: a #NewYears Manifesto #haibun #haiku #poetry

    Over at Real Toads, Bjorn calls on us to write a manifesto for 2018. I’m one for goals, not New Year’s resolutions. But when I reflected on this post, I realize there is one vision I can achieve, and 2018’s as good a year as any to do so. I have practiced centering prayer for…

  • #NewYearsEve flashback: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    New Year’s Dinner Gathered at the end of the table: Platters of feijoada (pig’s feet with chick peas), trays of rice, glasses topped with red wine so deep and strong it could pass for whiskey. Mira puts down a plate of Carne Alentejana (Pork Cubes with Clams and fried potatoes). My favorite. The men talk…

  • #Free-style Friday (12/29/17): a #haikuchallenge top tweet…

    fallen leaves crunching under our feet my dashed hopes #haikuchallenge (crunch) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry from my (then) latest #haibun for #dversepoets: https://frankjtassone.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/crunch-a-quadrille-haibun-for-dversepoets/