Frank J. Tassone

Category: haikai

  • A Hudson River Sojourn: a #TankaTuesday #TankaProse

    Plush-plush, say the double-headed paddle, as each head pulls the brackish water of the Hudson river. Our kayaks flow with the tidal current of New York’s mother river; our strokes adjust our course more than propel us. We break for lunch on the shore of Pollepel Island, beneath Bannerman Castle. Then we return to the…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (3/26/19)

    3/26/19: song lock down drill replaying Aerosmith’s “Same old Song and Dance” #HaikuChallenge (song) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/26/19)

    3/26/19: stern putting the stern to yesterday’s obsessions … first birdsong #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Troll’s Lament

    Always, the bad rap! Do you see the neck chain the orcs fastened? Did I shout for joy as they collared me? Could I count on you to free me? No. Skewar, more’s like. But I’m the bad guy! scapegoat blood on our hands for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #76– Troll (pubtended by Frank Hubeny)

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/25/19)

    3/25/19: stem daffodil stem by the side of the road a dead deer #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haikai Challenge #78 (3/23/19): swallow (tsubame) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I trust you savored your experience of equinox, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Tessa2. Dwight L. Roth3. Reena Saxena4. Jules @ Strands5. Jane Dougherty 6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr7. Revived Writer8. Linda Lee Lyberg9. Pat R10. Janice 11. Jim Feeney12. Xenia Tran13. Merril D. Smith14. Frank J. Tassone Powered by……

  • Summons Sublime: a #writephoto #haibun

    “And the forests will echo with laughter…” –Led Zepplin, Stairway to Heaven Listen to the faintest of whispers within. Feel the sense of deja vu. Come closer. Closer. This is it. The road less travelled has lead here. The culmination of the decision that “made all the difference” is at hand. Experience it to the…

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/23/19)

    3/23/19: piquant ringing windchimes — abandoned jalapeñopita chips #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry