Tag: haiku
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Realization
“Everything I let go of had claw marks on it.” Sitting this morning, realizing You were there all along. All through her drunken tirades, and his violent reactions. All through the High School bullying and the college dissipation. All through that horrible year teaching at that once-dream job in a suburban High School. It was…
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“even with this…” a #tanka (8/21/24)
8/21/24: sun even with this late morning sun cool breezes this time in August announcing Autumn #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haiku (8/21/24)
8/21/24: senior citizen not ready to be a senior citizen singing robin #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Willowing through Wars
bowing grateful to my seat and the world bending under this world’s heartbreak bullets killing 1,000+ one October day bombs killing over 40,000 since bending beneath Russian rockets striking Ukrainian cities Ever bowing ever bending, to be even one light left in the dark Ms. Jade Li, aka Lisa, hosts Quadrille Monday #206 over at…
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I, Chicken Parmesan (Encore, 8/20/24)
I rise from a corpse of poultry. Cold steel flays the fat off of me. Yellow yoke bathes me, before immersion in flour and breadcrumbs completes me. I first face the fire in a vat of boiling oil. Every impurity scourged from me, my texture a golden brown, warm marinara sauce pours upon me. The…
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#Haiku (8/20/24)
8/20/24: dappled “…dappled things…” an Autumnal breeze this August day #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Haiku (8/19/24)
8/19/24: rustic migrating geese missing Romano’s Penne Rustica #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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For the Earth: on hiking
One step after another. Along jutting roots and sliding pebbles. Up switchbacks anc across cutouts of plateus. Down one ravine wall to rise up another. All to reach a summit, and to savor its view. A hike: more than just a leisure activity or outdoor activity. It is a way to participate in nature, to…
Frank J. Tassone 