Frank J. Tassone

Category: haikai

  • Patience

    The frozen, dry earth slowly thaws and quickens in the gathering heat of spring. The pandemics that ravage the world slowly contract until the last cases become memory. The defeaning explosions of missle strikes and shell fire, the rumble of collapsing apartments and hospitals, the screams and cries of civilians: even these fall away to…

  • “waxing gibbous…” a #tanka (4/17/22)

    4/17/22: canopy; 4/13/22: together waxing gibbouson our last day togetheryou nurse methose unremembered crieslost in this canopy #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #NPM2022

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/17/22)

    4/17/22: moon; 4/13/22: ginko hazy moona gethsemane ginkothis Easter #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #NPM2022

  • Miniscule Hope

    Awaiting that flutter of butterfly wings that summons Tsunamis. Yearning for the mustard-seed-sized faith that moves mountains. Wondering what quark will be the lever that lifts the universe. Trusting in the smallest of the small, for in what else can I? hazy moon a single cherry blossom floats to the ground

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/16/22)

    4/11/22: fog; 4/16/22: garden lilac garden—an evening fog obscuresthe Milky Way #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #NPM2022

  • Sakura Amore

    The garden of the Garden State teems with new flora. Mira and I stride the grounds on an unseasonably warm, sunny good Friday. Forsythias and daffodils almost shine as they bask in the afternoon radiance. The white Cherry blossoms have just peaked, while their pink cousins already fade. We stride among giants I could not…

  • “is there…” a #tanka (4/15/22)

    4/9/22: refuge; 4/15/22: nightmare is there“a balm in Gilead?”a refugefrom the nightmareof this breaking world? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #NPM2022

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/15/22)

    4/9/22: sunrise; 4/15/22: geyser sunrise—the sight of Old Faithfulfrom a hotel room #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #NPM2022