Tag: publication
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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…
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Captain’s Last Stand: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun
I bring Frankie out of his bedroom. It is 10:00PM, but he was not asleep. The Yankees play the Orioles in the Bronx. It is the top of the ninth inning; the home team has a three-run lead. A fitting way for Derek Jeter, the Yankee Captain, to end his last home game. closer’s warm…
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Encountering Two Snakes: my latest @ImageCurve #haibun
The orange trail ascends Halfway Mountain. Yellow and brown elm leaves blanket the flanks of the path. As I say something to Mira, I jump with a start. Inches away, a black rat snake lies still. A sight surpassed only by the timber rattler we encounter off the Pine Meadow trail. rattling the woods suddenly…
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That Black Trench Coat: an .@ImageCurve #haibun
The late 1910s. Grandpa Vuolo wore it on those cold days when he looked for work. It was black wool, fine as camel hair, with a raised collar and large button; the coat easily reached his knees. It also had a curious angle pocket near the left collar. Many days he would brush the falling…
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Publication Alert: Poets Salon: Solidarity and Protest | ColoradoBoulevard.net
I’m pleased to have two of my #tanka appear in today’s edition of Poets’ Salon (Poetry Corner) at ColoradoBoulevard.net for its Solidarity and Protest theme! passing carand late afternoonbirdsongsdo the memorialcandles still burn? Ο a neighborhood walkas the heat of the daybegins to pass…we will not enjoy peaceunless we work for justice Thank you, Kathabela…
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Completing the Chore: a .@ImageCurve #haibun
The dishwasher hums, and the whooshing of its water drowns out the crickets. I eat my oatmeal out of Frankie’s Frosted Flakes bowl: not another clean one remains. warm aftertasteempty pill containersbeside bottles first published in Image Curve, May 14, 2020 UPDATE: for dVerse Poets’ OpenLinkNight #267 (pubtended by Grace) The Pub is open! Come…
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Malfunction on the Morning Commute: an .@ImageCurve #haibun
A new light illuminates the dashboard. I divert to Midas, in vain, as the shop opens at 7:30. I don’t have time to wait. The manual says that the light indicates my tire pressure is low. Since Midas has no air pumps outside the garage, I travel east on Rt. 59, through the heart of…
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A Dragon-Riding Day (9/18/14): an .@ImageCurve #haibun
I leave late. The traffic begins at the Garden State Parkway connector. The New York State Thruway, covered in fiberglass and steel, stretches into the blinding brilliance of sunrise. I arrive at work after 8, when I needed to get there well before. taillightsthe long gap in frontof the car before me I turn my…
Frank J. Tassone 