Tag: haiku
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“See, What had happened was…”
So… you have have noticed that I have not been around lately. Well, I could tell you about our merry adventure. How the “Powers that be” in the place we used to live violated our lease. & that we responded by searching high and low for a new place. I could tell you about trading…
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O, Six-String!
The cadence of the strummed chords of an acoustic. The arpeggios plucked on the same strings their unending melodies morning bird songs The vibrant melodies exploding off the rabid finger-tabs on an eletric’s frets. The chest-pounding distortions of staccato chords licked on the same. piercing an afternoon cicadas Whatever sound, in whatever form, who dares…
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Fishy Quandries
Would I say yes? If a Galilean rabbi boarded my boat, & had me put out to preach? Then told me drop my nets? & nearly swamp my boat with netted fish after a fruitless night? Well, would I? calling us “Fishers of men…” dropped nets It’s Quadrille #228 over at dVerse, and Mish prompts…
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The First Summer Heatwave
The sun blazed across a sky with few clouds. Searing heat cooked me to a toasty medium well just on my walk from the front door to the car. Heat shimmers rose from the asphalt. But inside the Columbus Educational campus, many valiant air conditioners drone on in their noble struggle to maintain a comfortable…
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A Memory of Them
The Cherry blossoms passed so quickly. Now, the greenery of Cherry, Maple, Oak, and locus envelop the neighborhood. An unusual chill pervades the air on this last full weekend of May. Murmers of the ones I lost bubble up with every leaf rippling in the breeze. Granny and Poppy, Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Butchy and…
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#Haiku (5/26/25)
5/26/25: night owl night owl yet another red eye passes overhead #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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Performance Alert!
Never too late to support a good cause. I am performing a 15-minute set of #haiku, #haibun, and #senryu at the Empty Hand Zen Center today, beginning at 3PM. If you’re local, come on out! It’s $22–payable online. If you can’t make it, please consider donating. clearing skies always a good day for #haikai
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#Haiku (5/7/25)
5/7/25: Cinderella’s slipper midnight chimes beware princes bearing slippers #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 