Frank J. Tassone

Category: haikai

  • #Haikai Challenge II #7 (2/17/24): light snow (awayuki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge 

    #Haikai Challenge II #7 (2/17/24): light snow (awayuki) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge 

    Witness any inspiring Dragon Dances, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Eugi 3. Cheryl4. Frank J. Tassone Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! This week in New York’s backyard, we’ve had snow. Twice! In the same week! Just when we got out, Old Man Winter pulls us back in!…

  • Realization

    Realization

    I rehash that difficult conversation over and over. Ruminate over what I could have said differently. Glower in grudging resentment over what I didn’t say. Thus, I trap myself in the past—an illusion, for it no longer exists. I shudder at what happens when I face that conversant. Ruminate what I will say. Chaff at…

  • #Haiku (2/17/24)

    #Haiku (2/17/24)

    2/16/24: Quebec Quebec City twisting the sheets again #haiku #nahaiwrimo #nahaiwrimo2024 #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (2/16/24)

    #Haiku (2/16/24)

    2/16/24: Papa the struggle to call you Papa falling snow #haiku #nahaiwrimo #nahaiwrimo2024 #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (2/15/24)

    #Haiku (2/15/24)

    2/15/24: Oscar remembering St. Oscar Romero… crying doves #haiku #nahaiwrimo #nahaiwrimo2024 #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (2/14/24)

    #Haiku (2/14/24)

    2/14/24: Valentine’s Day/November Valentine’s Day how long it’s been since “November Rain” #haiku #nahaiwrimo #nahaiwrimo2024 #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haikai Challenge II #6 (2/11/24): New Year (shinnen) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge 

    #Haikai Challenge II #6 (2/11/24): New Year (shinnen) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #kyoka #haiga #renga #HaikaiChallenge 

    I trust you enjoyed your Springtime sea savoring, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Jules3. Eugi 4. Peter5. Cheryl6. Ben Tonkin 7. Melissa Lemay8. Suzette Benjamin9. Selma Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! This past Saturday marks the Lunar New Year! Welcome in the Year of the Dragon! In…

  • Dragon Dance

    Dragon Dance

    I see it all. SSAs, sprawled on the floor, barely breathing. Daniel—a juijitsu master—on one knee, bleeding. Glenda and Cindi, beside the downed SSAs, looking up, terrified. Three intruders, smirking, with bloodstained fists. One clenches Kay’s hair to her skull. His eyes meet mine. His smirk becomes a grin. He steps toward me, dragging her…