Frank J. Tassone

Category: haikai

  • “summer hike…” a #tanka (6/21/24)

    “summer hike…” a #tanka (6/21/24)

    6/21/24: hammock summer hike strung between maples a hammock all these comforts of home #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (6/21/24)

    #Haiku (6/21/24)

    6/21/24: beggar summer heat I ask the beggar “how much?” #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (6/20/24)

    #Haiku (6/20/24)

    6/20/24: fancy Summer Solstice attending his funeral in that fancy dress #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Unorthodox repairs

    Unorthodox repairs

    scratches on the floor treated and cured with walnuts imagine their oil spreading on hardwood things I never expect to do in late middle age the constant surprise of life unfolding like this each unique moment a present in which God hides, smiling

  • “cannons silenced…” a #tanka (6/19/24)

    “cannons silenced…” a #tanka (6/19/24)

    6/19/24: late cannons silenced good news delivered too late the horrors we continue to perpetuate #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (6/19/24)

    #Haiku (6/19/24)

    6/19/24: dazzle dazzling in morning sunlight rear windshield #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • ’92 Eurailing

    ’92 Eurailing

    Spring Vacation, 1992. I travel across Northern Europe via Eurorail pass. After an engaging stay in Amsterdam, into which I flew out of Heathrow, I hop the first train down to Brugge. The marble square, the multiple steps up its picturesque tower, the bike ride through the countryside with two aquaintences I met at our…

  • “Rising heat…“ a #tanka (6/18/24)

    “Rising heat…“ a #tanka (6/18/24)

    6/18/24: sun break rising heatcowering under ACsour sun breakbut who can resistthese cardinals? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry