In time of war and unholy pogrom, the young boy’s loving parents left him in the care of the old woman who lived on the outskirts of town and raised chickens and a few meager vegetables. Until she died, sitting up, with her feet in a basin of water. He waited and waited for her…
Category: haibun
dVerse — haibun — day schemes, moon dreams
As Autumn weather cools things down in the Northern hemisphere, woodpeckers get ravenous and attack the silent suet cakes with increased vigor. Unfortunately, their enthusiasm has been more keen than usual this year as they look for tasty snacks they imagine are hiding in the wood siding of the house. They may be doing…
Haikai Challenge #157: Autumn Equinox (Shunbun)
Autumn Equinox’ Color ClockBlue globe ticks a notchGreens splash to orange and redYellow heat turns down Equinox Set ChangeBlue mirrored ripplesOnce framed with green are now brownSwans swim a new pond Autumn HarvestHungry red squirrelPine nuts, sunflower seeds, pears Wrens eat fat spiders Images:orange and red leavesswansred squirrel Frank J. Tassone is…
dVerse OLN — Redemption
This tree had seen its fair share of misery long before lightning or disease disfigured it. It is unknown how old it was when Felt mansion was completed in 1928. It is known that within months of the mansion’s completion Mrs. Felt died in her bedroom not 50 feet away from the tree. It is…
dVerse — haibun — dunewater
For those of us who live along the western edge of Michigan, the lake is in our back yards. I’ve never lived more than five miles from the lake (for long) as the water pulls me to it. Beyond the water though, the sand dunes act as both a buffer to any weather that comes…
Doodads — Christmas in August
The first photo shows the latest batches of Pink Brandywine tomatoes picked, ripening on and near the eastern window ledge. I set one on a saucer so you can see how big they are. They are meaty tomatoes that do not cook into mush when used. This is the first year I’ve planted them outside…
dVerse — Back yard, right corner
The black locust tree umbrellas the yard behind the house except at the edges. The lawn slopes down, as the house is raised above the high water table; it makes mowing with the rider a bit tricky. At the corner itself, there is a maple tree that was transplanted early in the Spring. There is…
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