courtesy of Fay Collins Thanksgiving Day– A murder of crows Takes flight My second haiku for EarthRise Haiku Collaborative 2018 from my haibun “Conflicted Expectations”, Contemporary Haibun Online, October 2013; V. 8, N. 3 for dVerse Poets’ Tuesday Poetics–Fay Colins. Sarah’s inaugural pubtend! Real Toads’ […]
A Violent End Tension seizes my brother’s face. Tremors follow the stiffening of every muscle. His eyes widen in anger and terror. He yells and storms upstairs. I follow. We grapple in the guest bedroom, where he’d left his coat. He can’t move me; my root is too […]
Anger Management We drive North on I-95 toward Worcester. Mira asks about Mom’s history of dependency. She still tries to get her mind around addiction. Leaves have already changed. Red, orange, yellow radiate from all the trees flanking the highway. Some leaves float on gentle breezes that […]
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
Frank J. Tassone 