Tag: haiku
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The last Campones’ Daughter: a #tankaprose
She was the last of nine surviving children. Grew up in Portugal, in a northern farming village near the Spanish border. And knew she didn’t belong there. She came to America with her parents when she was 13. After six months, her parents returned to Portugal. Before they left, they asked her if she wanted…
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My Daily #Haiku (10/12/19)
10/12/19: pumpkin mid-october …our teenage son hasn’t askedto buy a pumkin #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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“waking up…” a #senryu (10/11/19)
waking up with my wife’s noninfectious post-nasal drip #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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“peak foliage…” a #tanka / #kyoka (10/11/19)
10/11/19: science and music peak foliage all the orchestra students taking AP physics the varying wavelengths as instruments tune to “A” #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (10/11/19)
10/11/19: nesting birds last cryof the last fledglings …autumn wind #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Thwarted Ambition: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun
We arrive at our niece’s house for her daughter’s 3rd birthday party—early. Mira wants to “hug the babies”—our newborn great niece and nephew, both of whom will be there. She had hoped to have them to herself. When we pull up to the house, however, a Nissan Altima with a Portuguese flag is already parked.…
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“Hunter’s Moon…” a #tanka (10/10/19)
10/10/19: mirrors Hunter’s moon lost in a hall of mirrors as fog rolls in How do we escape this carnival of our own making? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (10/10/19)
10/10/19: silk dark morning — the arrow in the mongol warrior’s silk shirt #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 