Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haiku

  • “open school night…” a #tanka (5/9/19)

    5/9/19: shared adventures open school night we share our concert experiences how our memories shape who we’ve become #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/9/19)

    5/9/19: dragon’s blood gull cries … Rhaegal’s blood spilling on the Narrow Sea #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GOT

  • “early May breeze…” a #tanka (5/7/19)

    5/8/19: unexpected question early May breeze the unexpected question my son asks me oh, the distance between us when he needs a ride home #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/8/19)

    5/8/19: I hear you a counselor listens as a student cries — the long ride home #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • The Vanity of Our Theorizing

    I read Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I shuddered when Phaedrus articulated his theory of “quality,” only to experience a breakdown when he realizes that he simply rediscovered Laoxi’s insight–codified in the Tao Te Ching some 500 years before the birth of Christ: The way you can go isn’t the real…

  • “Still watching…” a #tanka (5/7/19)

    5/7/19: child at heart still watching Marvel action movies drawing the line at conventions, cosplay and multiple theater viewings #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/7/19)

    5/7/19: misfit birdsong solo — the island of misfit toys left behind #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Get Up: a #Quadrille #Haibun

    Yes, I’ve fallen. But I can get up. A thousand, thousand times I’ve kissed the ground. A thousand, thousand and one I’ve kissed the sky. I’m only a breath away from rising again. all of the years since “Eye of the tiger” cloud-piercing sun for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #79 (pubtended by De Jackson, where she…