Another Rockland Boulder’s Game

by Frank J. Tassone · 25 October 2018

Bottom of the 11^th during a game with several lead changes. The Boulders manage to load the bases, but there are two outs—including a strikeout of the batter that tied up the game in the bottom of the 10^th.

The pitch; the hit: a single into center field! The runners on second and third race home. The team gathers around the RBI hitter whose shot won the game. The home crowd cheers.

Then “oohs” and “aahs” as the fireworks begin.

rainbow bursts
celebrating Irish day
with our friends

Photo by Ben Hershey

Frank J. Tassone

Frank J. Tassone lives in New York City's "back yard" with his wife and son. He fell in love with writing after he wrote his first short story at age 12 and his first poem in high school. He began writing haiku and haibun seriously in the 2000s. His haikai poetry has appeared in Failed Haiku, Cattails, Haibun Today, Contemporary Haibun Online, Contemporary Haibun, The Haiku Foundation and Haiku Society of America member anthologies. He is a contributing poet for the online literary journal Image Curve, and a performance poet with Rockland Poets. When he's not writing, Frank works as a special education high school teacher in the Bronx. When he's not working or writing, he enjoys time with his family, meditation, hiking, practicing tai chi and geeking out to Star Wars, Marvel Cinema and any other Sci-Fi/Fantasy film and TV worth seeing.