Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haiku

  • Rainclipse Musings

    Rainclipse Musings

    Somewhere above the nighttime rainclouds shines the wolf moon. Sight unseen, and still it stirs the blood. Sight seen somewhere beyond the clouds, perhaps, a wolf atop a ridge in the wilds may throw up its head and howl. Maybe packmates answer, or else this wolf cries out alone and remains unanswered. The patter of…

  • #Haiku (1/27/24)

    #Haiku (1/27/24)

    1/27/24: toy tea flowers so many years since “The Toy” #haiku#micropoetry#poetry

  • “10,000 years…” a #tanka (1/26/24)

    “10,000 years…” a #tanka (1/26/24)

    1/26/2024 “10,000 years can give you such a creak in the neck!” a nostalgic sigh for Robin Williams #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (1/26/24)

    #Haiku (1/26/24)

    1/26/24: phone not living on any phone flying geese #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “although this…” a #tanka (1/25/24)

    “although this…” a #tanka (1/25/24)

    1/25/24: prompt-free although this January chill pervades soon we’ll be together wrapped in blankets #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (1/25/24)

    #Haiku (1/25/24)

    1/25/24: toothbrush night clouds 25 years not sharing a toothbrush #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Wild Zazen

    Wild Zazen

    Tonight’s sit was another dragon ride. A maelstrom of thoughts whirled throughout the mind. I returned again and again to the breath, rooting the awareness down in the hara. But even through such cognitive dervish-whirling, a pinch of clarity arose. through the clouds… moon De Jackson hosts dverse poets’ Quadrille #193: Poems in a Pinch.…

  • “rainy night…” a #tanka (1/24/24)

    “rainy night…” a #tanka (1/24/24)

    1/24/24: awake rainy night waiting outside the zendo two zazen sits later am I awake yet? #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry