Vineyard Visit

Haibun

A patio of filled tables and empty bottles. A trio plays the Beatles, the lead singer tapping a tambourine against her thigh.

We stopped at the Torne Valley Vineyard on the way back from Harriman State Park. A far different experience then the last time we had come, when it was closed for a wedding.

Only the late hour and fatigue from our hike prevented me from getting us a table, a bottle of red and a bread-and-cheese platter.

serenade
final sips spinning
in clanking glasses

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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.