Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Queen City of the Sound
“We didn’t choose New Rochelle; New Rochelle chose us.” Mira Tassone Frank and Mira loved it immediately. I held out hope for a townhouse. But the one we found in nearby Port Chester was too dark, and it’s architecture would not serve Mira’s practice. I mourned, but the three-bedroom, walkup apartment within the multi-family private…
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#Haiku Happenings #3: “Inheritances” by Kerfe
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“sirens…” a #tanka (1/16/24)
1/16/24: thick sirens another time to be thick-skinned when so much happens in this city #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haiku Happenings #2: “Where there is Light…” by Selma Martin
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#Haiku (1/16/24)
#1/16/24: breakfast breaking dawn… enjoying breakfast by Christmas tree light #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haiku Happenings #1 (1/16/24)
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Counting the Cost
Theirs was a marriage of convenience, no more. Yet somehow, Yasodharā and Siddharta discovered love. Walks in the palace gardens, songs and dances at feasts held in their honor, and quiet moments alone by the lotus pond nurtured their mutual desire. Legends speak of one night of their love making. While in the thrall of…
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#Haiku Happenings #3: “Be a light” by Melissa Lemay