Frank J. Tassone

Category: haikai

  • “after the drone…” a #tanka (7/22/21)

    7/22/21: unprompted after the droneof the weed wackercicadashow these summer daysslip away #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/22/21)

    7/22/21: barn too late…an empty barn’sclosed doors #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Night of Mid-90’s Nostalgia: a #quadrille #haibun

    An unsentimental, staccato trumpet sounds out from a coffee bar jukebox. The click of que-ball against stripe joins the ominous rhythm accompanying the melody line. A milk steamer hisses: a gurgled, high-pitch screech drops in tone. A murmering audience gathers for an Open Mic. Welcome to Caffeine Jones… “Bitches Brew” a sip of cappuccino before…

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/15/21)

    7/15/21: tack rippling sunlighttacking into the winda sunfish #haiku #micropoetry #poetry Author’s note: a sunfish is a brand of small sailboat.

  • “your appointment…” a #tanka (7/14/21)

    7/14/21: unprompted your appointmentthe aroma of youas you departthese afternoon shadowsacross the front yard #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/14/21)

    (After a long delay!) 7/14/21: pasture droughtall along the pasturebrown patches #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Hortus Trinitatis

    Lush flora, bathing Eden’s morning air in a delicate aromal song. Dafodils, rhododendrums, a kaleidescope of perennials and annuals: a blissful variety tantalizing sight and smell alike! And yet amidst perfection, an offered temptation to take what is not given. A temptation yielded to, with that all too familiar sense of entitlement, that pride, urging…

  • DC/Shenandoah ’21 Travel Notes, Day 4 (7/6/21)

    A simple breakfast in the unit, overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains. After orienting ourselves to Shenandoah National Park’s map, we decide on a short out-and-back hike close to the nearest entrance to the park. Frank takes the wheel again, and we race down Rt. 33 East toward the Swift Run Gap entrance. $30 for a…