Category: haikai
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#Haiku (12/21/24)
12/21/24: crossword puzzle the clue is “the longest night…” Solstice #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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December Musings, a #TankaProse (12/7/24)
We decorated the apartment for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. Winter village, manger and angels atop the mantle, and the Christmas tree—fully decorated—all erected and lit by evening. Is it unusual, then, that Mira and I spent our first day of December taking her sisters to the Met Cloister? brisk afternoon yet still lingering the…
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#Haiku (12/7/24)
12/7/24: candle Christmas decor an unlit nativity candelabra #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haiku (12/6/24)
12/6/24: gazpacho cold night a distant memory of gazpacho #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“sunset…” a #tanka (12/3/24)
12/3/24: song sunset over the towers swan song now, the night broken by our Christmas lights #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haiku/ #Senryu (12/3/24)
12/3/24: disability Mr. Mom a fired manager cries “Disability!” #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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White Stag falling
You pursued me day and night. With every closing footstep of yours, I fled. Deeper and deeper through encroaching oaks and along leg-breaking switchbacks I ran. Your hunter’s steps carried on. The scent of your dank sweat and avaricious torments me. But no matter what lead I gain, you always close in. Now, the barking…
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#Haiku (12/2/24)
12/2/24: abolition even while fall foliage remains… abolition #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 