Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haiku

  • On Canine Love & Loss

    On Canine Love & Loss

    could I guess at my neighbor’s love? her gentle petting of her mixed-breed boxer between Insta-views the back and forth of his head how he nuzzles her eager for more loving attention she’s quick to give reminding me of my own, lost mixed-breed how I delved my hands deep in her rust-gray fur savored her…

  • #Haiku (4/16/24)

    #Haiku (4/16/24)

    4/16/24: waterfall “Don’t go chasing waterfalls…” sunlit blossom #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “familiar…” a #tanka (4/15/24)

    “familiar…” a #tanka (4/15/24)

    familiar as a coy pond in winter the heart of Nippon beating on 4/15/24: familiar

  • #Haiku (4/15/24)

    #Haiku (4/15/24)

    4/15/24: childhood twilight a glimpse into my lost childhood #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “these dreams…” a #tanka (4/14/24)

    “these dreams…” a #tanka (4/14/24)

    4/14/24: dreams these dreams of a sunlit grove of cherry blossoms a path already strewn with petals #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (4/14/24)

    #Haiku (4/14/24)

    4/14/24: orange slanted sunlight still poisoning us all agent orange #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Eclipsed Expectations

    Eclipsed Expectations

    A dragon swallowed the sun. Darkness engulfed the lands. The people grieved, rending their hearts and garments. Did some sacrifice defeated warriors or maidens atop ziggurats to appease the sun-stealing serpent? Were their deaths in vain? a pine envined the scent of incense sold for six pence New York City lay outside the totality. Even…

  • A Fool’s Ballad

    A Fool’s Ballad

    Jaime Amadán, the bastard son of the Tuatha de Danann, Lugh, and a down-on-her-luck actress, Mary. Jaime Amadán, the wise fool who rode the dragon that everyone else forced back into its cave. Jaime Amadán, a forgotten hero whose legendary exploits reveal for us the choice: to live in ordinary sorrow, or in extraordinary joy.…