Category: haikai
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#Haiku (10/5/23)
10/5/23: dandelion fluff Long Island Sound the last dandelion fluff afloat on the breeze #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Free-soaring Folly
How long will free-soarers ignore the fearful, trilling songs of unknown longing from their caged compatriots? How long will free-soarers fly on winds assured off the backs of their caged bretheren? How long before those free-soarers alight on a tree rooted in just soil, and find themselves permenantly perched, while their caged compatriots fly free?…
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#Haiku (10/4/23)
10/4/23: fog these crickets… a few stars twinkle above the fog of grading #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haiku (10/3/23)
10/3/23: rainbow robin song no trace of the Bifrost this sunny day #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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PSA: An Accounting
Seven years ago, I launched “American Haijin.” I did so because, as my tagline says, haikai poetry matters. Of course, one can read that either as a verb or a noun. Either way, the intent is the same: sharing haikai poetry. That’s proven difficult during the past two years. I’ve struggled through one of the…
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“the warmth…” a #tanka (9/29/23)
9/29/23: unprompted the warmth of her skin rainfall previous plans washed away #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haiku (9/29/23)
9/29/23: running away cold rain running away from it all #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A Novel Viewpoint
Billy Collins says that a poet’s job is to look out a window and write what one see’s. As I sit in the sun room of our new second-floor apartment, I appreciate his insight. The closest window overlooks the unique houses across the street. It offers a view of the towering oaks behind them. It…
Frank J. Tassone 