Author: Frank J. Tassone
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Gogyohka sequence for damselflies
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Frank Tassone was kind enough to choose a poem of mine to feature as an example of the gogyohka form for the dverse prompt this evening. Thank you, Frank. Here are three more. ? silver the pool pewter the sky and in the golden dust of bedstraw the damsels…
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Love Notes from a Courtesan
Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: aromatic steam rises from a matcha bowl waiting for your lips to press against porcelain sweet taste of jasmine flowers our tantric dancing trips the light of galaxies we are earth and moon cheek to cheek and face to face inhaling each other’s breath when we last parted…
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We turn away…(tanka)
Originally posted on A Poet in Time: ? This tanka was published in Hedgerow, a journal of small poems ~ #130, Winter 2020 ? ? we turn away from all we just can’t face— the glistening red of a vulture’s head emerges from a carcass ? ? ? Poet’s note: Out of decay comes art and beauty.…
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“sunlit ripples…” a #tanka (5/21/20)
sunlit ripples as the current continues through the bend all the times I fought when I could have flowed #tanka #micropoetry #poetry I’m hosting MTB today at dVerse Poets, where we explore 5-line Japanese Poetic Forms. The pub is open! Come join us!
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Morning
Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: a slow dance in a gentle breeze – the flower celebrates morning Pat R 5/21/20
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Sweetness in the air
#Haiku Happenings #2: Eugenia’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
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on memory’s wind
Originally posted on K.: ghosts of lilacs shimmer with butterflies ambrosial For Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #139 fragrant breeze.
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“a sea of stars…” a #tanka (5/21/20)
5/21/20: unprompted a sea of stars obscured by clouds and yet I still hope #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
