Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haiku

  • “as the maples sway…” a #tanka (8/8/19)

    8/8/19: making the world a better place as the maples sway in yet another breeze voices call out to end the violence stalking our streets and our hearts #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/8/19)

    8/8/19: decanter Summer lunch the decanter filled with homemade wine #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Obscure perils: a #haibun

    A safehouse of sorts, although why I need one remains unclear. Nor why I need help I don’t get to play some video game. Then more instructions: “You’ve got to do this…” and “Don’t do that…” It’s like I’m being prepped for some mission. Only the parameters aren’t clear. I have the sensation that some…

  • “falling leaf…” a #tanka (8/7/19)

    8/7/19: transformation falling leaf a raven takes flight before the rain the transformation of seasons continues in spite of us #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/7/19)

    8/7/19: height marks August windleft behind in his old roomthe last height marks #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Moment of Mindful Movement: a #tankaprose

    Bloodshed in three states in a week. Over twenty-nine dead in two cities within twenty-four hours. Three mass-shooters: only one alive and under arrest. The arguments begin. The ones that insist military-grade weaponry belong with the military versus the ones screaming, “Don’t touch my guns!” A President of the United States that tweets “It’s the…

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/6/19)

    8/6/19: okra Hiroshima Day … another haikuabout okra #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Hope out of Hiroshima

    What is it like to look up from the shadowed outlines burned into the walls? Where can one go to see through the black rain? How can all of the tears be dried when the shattered ruins of murdered cities lay all around? Only one people have answered that question. They rose. Yes, with the…