Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haiku

  • “hot dogs…” a #tanka/#kyoka

    3-2-22: hot dogs hot dogsboiling in Schaeffer beer…Mom’s specialtya sudden surge of springfor her birthday #tanka #Kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/2/22)

    3/2/22: ashes ashesI don’t receive…empty Church #haiku #micropoetry #Poetry

  • A Cold Mountain Hike

    Storm King Mountain State park. Snowy trails. A family of four stumble along one. One of two children—a boy of about 12—slips and falls. None of them wear crimpons, micro spikes worn over footwear. Mira and I hike past them, wondering why people hike in winter so unprepared. sunlit ascent the swush-swush of our boots…

  • “nightfall…” a #tanka/#kyoka (2/28/22)

    2/28/22: downtown nightfalland flurries of activitycontinue downtownalways the best yet to comeeven while the worst happens #tanka #Kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My (not so) Daily #Haiku (2/28/22)

    2/28/22: our home city or town (village) maples and oakslining my bucolic street…Montebello #haiku #nahaiwrimo2022 #nahaiwrimo #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (2/1/21-2/2/21)

    2/1/22-2/2/22 2/1/22: London clear sky?still, the Falafel guy atOxford Circus 2/2/21: World’s Endthe bartender from Sidneytalks about home #nahaiwrimo2022 #nahaiwrimo #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “winter night…” a #tanka (1/31/22)

    1/31/22: unprompted winter nightthe stars obscuredby cloudsI cherish the clankingof radiators #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Winter Striding

    The shadows of bare Locus and Maples stripe the immaculate snow covering the backyard. The line of distant cirrus clouds foreshadow another snowfall sometime in the future. For now, the houses across the street reflect the light of the descending sun. A week ago, Mira and I arrived at Lake Skannatati. Doning our crimpons, we…