Author: Frank J. Tassone
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The Death Knell of Columbus
The women wear suits. We file into the auditorium for our December Professional Development. Our Principal, Lisa, stands at the front. “Our agenda has changed. Please let me introduce our superintendent…” I shudder. Superintendents never come to schools anymore. Except to deliver bad news. The petite Latina woman with the hint of middle-age weight…
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#Senryu Saturday (4/7/18): My Daily #Haiku #2
Saturday night– sleeping in the bed I made #haikuchallenge (made) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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Fading Blue –
Originally posted on A.K. Finch: My new book is out. It’s 99 cents for a limited time on Amazon. Also available on Kindle Unlimited. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZHQWJF
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By the Flying Fox
#Haiku Happenings #14: Blake of Feline Alchemy’s latest haiku!
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Tanka: First cherry blossom
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: The cherry blossom and the plum blossom is all finished here, just a few late arrivals still retain a few petals. This poem is for Frank Tassone’s weekly challenge, a tanka, a form I find difficult. ? Earth turns sunwards, blossom in its wake, a wave of pale feathers.…
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A Complementary Conversation
I am the lost one. You venture across your own ways, while I stumble in the dark. How will I know where to walk if you leave me alone? You have always left me alone. Here I am, crying dry tears and screaming in silence. Where are you? Why do you abandon me? …
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dreams and illusions
Originally posted on Ontheland: This week’s Crossroads Challenge from Carpe Diem asks us to bring together two haiku, one by Arakida Moritake (1473-1549) and the other by Jane Reichhold (1937-2016). First, my new haiku: high tide stroll with you beside my bedroom window spring winds roar in the trees ©️2018 Ontheland – Arakida Moritake (Tr.…
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blossoms bringing smiles
Originally posted on rivrvlogr: The blossoms of a weeping cherry in our front yard would wait for the beginning of May to open. Among the photos I have of my mother, one of my favorites was taken in front of that tree. She spent her last two years living with us. Even after ten years,…
