Tag: publication
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First Memory of Mom: A #TBT #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
I don’t know my first memory of Mom. I recall the photo and home movies: beehive hair, white mini. Was it when I cut my hand on that protruding stone at the daycare center? Was it the fleeting images of her cooking in our 52 Holland Avenue basement apartment? I can’t remember. Or won’t. her…
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September Morning: A #Haibun for #LaborDay
Labor Day. A rare chance this summer to sleep in, since Frank had only an optional practice. Still, morning comes, and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee stirs me from sleep. Eigh hours is enough, even after a night of incessant dreams. The sweltering heat belies the change to Autumn that will come.…
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Amid the Clutter: A #FreestyleFriday (8/31/2018) .@ImageCurve #haibun
Thick reams of paper everywhere. The folders on my desk organizer bulge out with them. I can’t see the top of my desk. Jaime has no room for her piles. Even our circular conference table, tucked in the corner of the narrow office, has manila folders, crumpled worksheets, parental rights documents spread all over.…
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Close Encounter: #TBT .@ImageCurve #haibun
Mom said something. “Ok,” I answered, stepping out of the kitchen and into the living room. Then one more step toward the door. CRASH! Shards of shattered glass rained down on the couch, coffee table, and carpet—one step away from me. A Chevy Blazer’s back end hung through our obliterated living room…
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A Helicopter Ride at Rye Playland: A #ThrowdownThursday (8/23/18) #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
Flashing red lights. Beeping horns. Bells. I pull the bar; the helicopter car rises. I push the bar; the car drops. Up and down, up and down, up and down. Around, around, around my brother and I fly. Until the ride ends. summertime Robert and I race to the next ride first published…
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#Publication Alert! (8/22/18)
Delighted to report that one of my latest haiku appears in The Haiku Foundation’s A Sense of Place: MOUNTAIN–Hearing: heavy breathing before the summit rustled leaves Frank J. Tassone Congratulations to all contributing haijin!
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First Loss: A #ThrowdownThursday #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
The sky-blue Teddy bear towered over me. Charcoal eyes and nose, friendly smile: my parents nestled me in its arms. Mom told me how much I loved that Teddy. One day, the window of my room, which looked out on a sewer grate, opened during a storm. Wet leaves, mud and soaked mulch buried…
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Our DIY: A #WaybackWednesday (8/15/18) .@ImageCurve #haibun
The white, plastic trellis stands a little crooked. The sides may not line up across her walkway. But it stands. It is the first project Frankie and I complete together. first raindrops Frankie pulls the trigger of my power drill first published in Image Curve, October 29, 2015 photograph by Barn Images…
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