Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haiku

  • A Ghost Wolf’s Last Hunt

    I watch my mate from a distance. She wimpers next to my corpse. Hot blood still flows from the gunshot wound that stopped my heart. I watch my mate sniff once, twice, then wimper again. I throw back my head and unleash a howl that she cannot hear. She must rejoin the pack. Our family…

  • “Webber Park house…” a #tanka (4/23/19)

    4/23/19: returning to an old neighborhood Webber Park house the stump of the apple tree still in the backyard I remember the adage, “you can’t go home again.” #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 #GloPoWriMo2019

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/23/19)

    4/23/19: yearly scampering squirrels — our yearly dental visit this afternoon #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 23/30

  • “cloud-covered egg moon…” a #tanka (4/22/19)

    4/22/19: egg moon cloud-covered egg moonand yet such greeneryfollowing the rainhow could I hope to exchangeone sight for the other? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 #GloPoWriMo2019

  • An Ekphrastic Correspondence

    Oh, Alisaka, That I could rise to the heights of your cranes. But I am earthbound, and my words can only marvel at your deft brushstrokes. mountain mists fledglings at their mother’s side for so many years this relic of college days still hanging for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #78: Rise (pubtended by Merril Smith) #NaPoWriMo2019…

  • Easter #SilentSunday (4/21/19)

    and now, a rest from #haiku Happy Easter! See you tomorrow!

  • Nightmarescape

    I sketch the impressions that even now fade away. A night sky, a street filled with teens partying, cavourting, fighting. They close around me, and I just manage to break away. Another street, with darkened brownstones, and commercial buildings in the distance. I walk with someone I call a friend, although I do not recognize…

  • #Haikai Challenge #82 (4/21/19): Easter Lily #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Welcome back from your moon gazing, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Tessa2. Dwight L. Roth3. Ennle Madresan4. The Dark Netizen5. Jane Dougherty 6. Deborah7. Suzanne8. Jules9. Violet10. Helene Vaillant 11. Pat R12. Frank J. Tassone13. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! Welcome to this special Easter Sunday edition…