Category: haikai
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“nightfall…” a #tanka (4/28/25)
4/28/25: streak nightfall crossing the sky a streak passing meteor or an eyeglass stain #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haiku (4/28/25)
4/28/25: Kiss Your Mate Day twilight lovers end their day with a kiss #haiku #micropoetry #napowrimo2025glopowrimo #poetry
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Mortal Victory
Revolutionaries know courage is its own reward a martyr smiles, open armed, his stygmata facing his murderers bearing the light in the encroaching darkness as distant torch-bearers look on The Madrilene has failed in all except nerve But his boldness is his victory Inspired by Franscisco Goya’s “The Third of May 1808 (1814)”
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#Haiku (4/27/25)
4/27/25: Morse Code Day Spring breeze how it changed the world the telegraph #haiku #micropoetry #napowrimo2025glopowrimo #poetry
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An Encore: Going Somewhere? A #sonnet #haibun
An encore of a haibun sonnet from 2018… gray sky an aching lull in creativity The woosh of passing wind as I move on, the bam!bam!bam! of hammers fall away. These wheels that crunch on gravel just beyond, a highway exit ramp to the blue way, where life slows down with every town I…
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#Haiku (4/26/25)
4/26/25: International Sculpture Day late Cherry Blossoms— at the Storm King Art Center three-legged Buddha #haiku #micropoetry #napowrimo2025glopowrimo #poetry
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#Haiku (4/25/25)
4/25/25: National Telephone Day night noise waiting for a call that won’t come #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #napowrimo2025glopowrimo #poetry
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9PM Moonlight Sonata
Blue Moon the duet singing “On this Harvest Moon…” as one shines over their shoulders As the crowd sways in syncopation with Neil Young’s chords played by this Garrison Duet Blue Moon rising with their harmonies until the last chord fades out
Frank J. Tassone 