Graduation day precedes final report card pick-up. The “Last Dance” at Senior Prom precedes some final melody. A roll of thunder follows a lightening strike–before the last flash of the storm. A parry during a fencing match lands before the ultimate riposte. How these penultimates eclipse the end! […]
4/29/20: cherry blossoms ososakura yet another day of steady rain all these reminders of what we’ve lost #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #coronavirus for my current #Haikai Challenge
4/29/20: bus overcast sky …at least he no longermisses the bus #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #coronavirus
Shelter-in-place. Curtailed flights. Masked ambulations. “The New Normal” of “New York Pause,” and its sister terms in other states, confine us to save lives. It’s easy to stir against that confinement. But as the last songbirds vie for their territory with every note, I recall travels this past […]
4/28/20: compassion She patiently talks her client through another crisis after days of cold rain unfurled leaves Author’s note: Thanks to Pamela A. Babusci for her feedback and suggestions on my earlier version. #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
Frank J. Tassone 