Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haiku

  • The Art of Vacation Antiquing: a #haibun

    Stained in front. A ridiculous grin bordering on offensive stereotype. Boistrous and irrelevant. But oh, so joyful! I saw the happy Buddha in a new age-esque boutique near the hotel in which we stayed. Earlier that day, we had ascended Mount Washington in New Hampshire via a tour bus. Now, after a sumptuous dinner, we…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/12/19)

    4/12/19: light-hearted TGIF … the light-hearted banter in the office #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 12/30

  • Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 3, July 27, 2014

    We arrive at the Notch Squad tent. Alison, a stocky, twenty-something woman smiles and greets us. A few moments later, she moves all of us—a handful of kids and parents—to Rigabello’s, since camp is on thunder watch. Only the building is locked. Huddled under a yawning as the rain pours, I ask, “Alright, who hasn’t…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/11/19)

    4/11/19: kiss “April fourth…” “One man betrayed with a kiss…” Phrase and fragment excerpted from “Pride” by U2 #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriNo2019 11/30

  • “May Day Scorcher…” a #tanka #2 (4/10/19)

    May day scorcher a lone, panting coyote sprints across the yard why, then, this sudden temptation to join him? for Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Temptation (posted by Sumana Roy) NaPoWriMo2019 / GloPoWriMo2019 10/30 WD April PAD 2019 10/30

  • “first light of day…” a #tanka (4/10/19)

    4/10/19: secrets of the past first light of day secrets of the past shouted from the rooftop how long before I meet my own history? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 #GloPoWriMo2019 10/30

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/10/19)

    4:10/19: jitterbug half-moon bringing back the jitterbug #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 10/30

  • An Inventory of Unloving Experiences: a #haiku sequence #haibun

    gathering clouds the fourteen-year-old mouth says “you’re a racist!” The supervisor observes on the day of the facutly-student vollyball game. bird silence repeated interruptions in a raised tone No visible Aim or Do-now, for the class that needs to switch rooms. “Ineffective.” late morning shadows the forty-eight-year-old voice says, “we’re done here.” No notebooks out…