Reunion Requiem

by Frank J. Tassone · 29 June 2017

Total: 0 Average: 0

Haibun

It’s been years since we all last met. Of course, we would feel a little awkward at first! Christine takes another chip off her plate. Peter sips his Pepsi. Neither says a word. Then I bring up horses, and Christine’s face lights up.

Soon, under a clear sky this midsummer afternoon, we laugh about our Transfiguration School years.

Never realizing that we won’t see each other again.

wilting maple leaf
afternoon humidity
forgotten

more by FRANK J. TASSONE

photo by Rob Bye on Unsplash

The Writers Manifesto

Total: 0 Average: 0

Tags: friend horse leaf school sky summer years

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.