Frank J. Tassone

Category: haikai

  • #Haiku (4/21/24)

    #Haiku (4/21/24)

    4/21/24: pulse elevated pulse on the B.P. monitor… peak cherry blossoms #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiga (4/21/24)

    Neighborhood blossoms Through teary eyes

  • Our own NYBG Blossom fest

  • Midway

    Midway

    The United States was aware that the Japanese were planning an attack in the Pacific (on a location the Japanese code-named “AF”) because Navy cryptanalysts had begun breaking Japanese communication codes in early 1942. The attack location and time were confirmed when the American base at Midway sent out a false message that it was…

  • #Haiku (4/20/24)

    #Haiku (4/20/24)

    4/20/24: flute morning birdsong that Cotrane flute solo on “My Favorite Things” #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Psalm of the Hound of Heaven’s Prey

    Psalm of the Hound of Heaven’s Prey

    “Long have you hunted me. Long have I eluded you…” Or is that too strong for this dance we step to? The shivers up my spine. The moments of utter spaciousness, where I shrink almost to nothing before an enormous you That hunting feeling, as though you’re everywhere, and I have nowhere to run, nowhere…

  • #Haiku (4/19/24)

    #Haiku (4/19/24)

    4/19/24: bark blossom haze a lonely dog’s bark #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Vernal Vision

    Vernal Vision

    cherry blossoms petals afloat on the wind fall to the ground like they never happened petals afloat on the wind how the crows fly like they never happened this moonrise how the crows fly fall to the ground this moonrise cherry blossoms spring fever savoring every minute over at dVerse, Merril pubtends a MTB that…