Frank J. Tassone

Month: September 2021

  • Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: autumn sky bleeds

  • My Daily #Haiku (9/27/21)

    9/27/21: bag morning hikea forgotten bag holdingour PB&J* *Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Tanka

    Originally posted on Vento del giorno: running memoriesthese  leaves in the windof an early autumnmy eyes bloomat the touch of a shadow © A.M. Image © A.M

  • the apparition

    Originally posted on the other bunny: Hers was a lonely life. After dad’s passing, she stayed alone. Soon her dog died too. My two sisters and I were married and away. Mom would get up early every morning, make herself a cup of tea and talk to an apparition of dad. The dementia was kicking…

  • #135

    Originally posted on hedgerow: a journal of small poems: #135 is now out! Thanks to all readers & contributors. The current issue can be purchased here, or from Amazon. Submissions for #136 welcome. all best, Caroline Skanne (ed.)

  • #Haibun-block

    The drought continues. What roared through verdant channels now trickles. The lion’s roar is a kitten’s purr. Empty space calls forth a steady blankness. Haiku flow easily enough. Tanka pour out with little difficulty. But haibun? I am William Shakespeare from “Shakespeare in Love,” lying on his apothecary’s couch, saying, “I’ve lost my gift.” The…

  • haunted by my past ~ gogyohka

    Originally posted on rivrvlogr: in looming darknessthoughts once abandonedplague this worried soulnothing is as it seemshaunted by my past This gogyohka is my response to  Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #PoetryChallenge No. 244 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt,with the art provided by Merril D. Smith. Image source: Free Library of Philadelphia – Visitor to Germantown by Benton Spruance(click image…

  • Shadow…(haiku/senryu)

    Shadow…(haiku/senryu)

    Originally posted on A Poet in Time:   day moon ~ no shadow on my mammogram   Published: Blithe Spirit  31.3  2021   A haiku or a senryu? I love this poem very much, and I’m so grateful to Caroline Skanne, the editor of Blithe Spirit, for choosing it for publication.   I have always…