Frank J. Tassone

Tag: dVerse

  • A Defiant Embrace of Spring : a #Tanka Tuesday #tankaprose

    The Weather Channel   vernal bliss do not go gentle into this new spring! rage, rage against the living of winter!   So the equinox comes. Spring, for we living north of the equator. Fall, for those dwelling south of it. The inauguration of a temperate season, regardless of hemisphere, commences today. Nevertheless, Nor’easter Toby…

  • A Haijin’s Tale: a #haibun for #dversepoets

    Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash   I remember the wonder of reading about Zeus and his Olympians fighting the Titans in Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. I remember the delight reading about Lucy meet the Faun in Narnia in C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I remember the fascination of reading about Bilbo free the dwarves…

  • A Mortal Scream Epistle: a #shadormaprose #letterpoem

    Edvard Munch [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons   You would not understand were you still on my side of the veil. I only hope that on your side, you do, and will forgive me for bearing witness. Just as I hope to someday forgive you.   Three AM you dare scream my…

  • Hearthfire: A #Tanka Tuesday-on-a-Wednesday #tankaprose #Quadrille

    Hearthfire     new fire enduring fresh smoke from burning verdant wood Your face in firelight as you retell your story   you familiar words, rising above the cackling flames and flying sparks   snowfall the gentle grace by which you balance fuel  this blazing hearthfire our only warmth   for: dVerse’s Quadrille #52 Let’s Fire…

  • A Love Token: a #tankaprose… #haiku #haibun #tanka

    Photo by Carlos Quintero on Unsplash   you revive all my words of love from our green moments a present you present me one bright afternoon   There they are. Every verse I ever wrote, on every card I ever gave. All typed in Times-New Roman font in a word file. You print me the file you created…

  • No Ke Me: an .@ImageCurve #haibun for #dversepoets

    Fickle Weather     A gray canopy scatters in a sudden wind. Sunlight bathes the parched grass in radiance it no longer needs. A moment later, one last cloudbank eclipses the sun. budding Maple yearning for warmer days   more by FRANK J. TASSONE photograph by Sam X     first published in Image Curve, March 17,…

  • The Burning Bush: a #quadrille #haibun

    Image: KEVIN CARDEN / LIGHTSTOCK.COM   A fire engulfs it, but the bush does not burn. How? Curiosity, from this pharoa’s son-turned-murder, shepherding fugative. I draw closer.   A presence from the fire, none I’ve known, yet all I’ve ever known, calls my name.   Holy ground sandals and sheep set aside     for…

  • #Throwdown Thursday (2/22/18): My latest #haibun is up on .@ImageCurve

    Arboreal Awakening     The far maple, where I once hung Frankie’s tire swing, blooms. The maple beside our deck, the one with moss growing up its split trunk, arises from its winter slumber, too. We will enjoy another warm season with these old friends. tiniest blossoms bowing its lowest branches over the deck basking…