“the barking…” a #tanka (4/18/22)
4/18/22: unprompted the barking of a golden retriever I never had how can so many good times all be imagined? #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#napowrimo2022#glopowrimo2022#NPM2022
Patience
The frozen, dry earth slowly thaws and quickens in the gathering heat of spring. The pandemics that ravage the world slowly contract until the last cases become memory. The defeaning explosions of missle strikes and shell fire, the rumble of collapsing apartments and hospitals, the screams and cries […]
“is there…” a #tanka (4/15/22)
4/9/22: refuge; 4/15/22: nightmare is there“a balm in Gilead?”a refugefrom the nightmareof this breaking world? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #NPM2022
My Daily #Haiku (4/15/22)
4/9/22: sunrise; 4/15/22: geyser sunrise—the sight of Old Faithfulfrom a hotel room #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #NPM2022
Today—Not a Good Day to Die!
“Today is a good day to die.” What if it isn’t? what if it’s a mishappen day of regrets? the foolishness of cliches passing for proverbs
Frank J. Tassone 