Frank J. Tassone

Month: April 2020

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/19/20)

    4/19/20: cart soaring Bald eagle …a homeless motherpushes her cart #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020

  • Novel-Coronal Hope: a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #AmericanSentence #TankaProse

    “…so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” Gandalf, “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” J.R.R. Tolkien We do not face the abyss alone, for the…

  • #Haikai Challenge #135 (4/18/20): New Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Enjoy your Easter Lillies, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Frank J. Tassone2. Dave Madden3. Li/Lisa 4. Jules5. Xenia Tran6. Eugenia 7. Mosshawk8. Peter9. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! We often savor the full moon. Many past #haikai challenges called for poems on various ones throughout the…

  • Enough

    Originally posted on haiku tree: 1 a.m. did I wash my hands enough ?

  • A Worm

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: spring night a worm feasts on newly planted vegetables Pat 4/18/20

  • Tanka 4.18

    Originally posted on whimsy~mimsy: I stand at the sink your hand trailing down my arm lips brushing my neck I turn and lean into you as breakfast begins to burn

  • Coronal Solitude: A #TankaProse

    The numbers rise. New cases. Death rates. Deaths per 1 million. So do the aruguments. “Government doesn’t have the right.” “It’s no worse than the flu.” “The economy must open.” All witnessed through screens: the iPhone, the iPad, the Acer in the office overlooking the street. Where a handful of maples unfurl fresh leaves, while…

  • A Ray of Light into the Dark Days of Covid19

    Originally posted on Alexis Rotella's Blog: I was informed yesterday that my latest book Scratches on the Moon (Jade Mountain Press) won a Touchstone Book Award (2019). I was happy to learn that it was on the short list with 19 others but totally blown away to learn that it was chosen (among six others…