Frank J. Tassone

Tag: kyoka

  • Arboreal Instruction: a #Kyoka-prose #haibun

    Thump! A branch fell from the maple beside the deck. It struck the lawn a foot away from the fire pit. One whole branch broke into three pieces and several shards of bark. There were no leaves on the branch. Black rot exude throughout, and from the stump that remained from where it once grew…

  • “The work…” a #tanka / #kyoka (7/29/20)

    7/29/20: PROMPT: patience and effort in the face of danger in this churning world..Meher’s Art Hug: (July 24) The work awakening others to systemic racism after all these years, finally getting into “good trouble.” #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #BlackLivesMatter

  • “four-year conflict…” a #tanka / #kyoka (7/14/20)

    7/14/20: #PROMPT — calm amidst stress four-year conflict over an inherited insurance policy another breath in and out as I’m placed on hold again #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry

  • Are we? A #KyokaProse / #TankaProse

    Three times the death rate from COVID Infections. Twice the number of fatalities from police violence. More than double the poverty rate. Only 19% of the population nationwide. “We are all in this together.” But when we say “We,” whom do we mean? Junteenth approaching storm clouds long past time to live “…and justice for…

  • “a speaker’s eyes…” a #tanka (6/11/20)

    6/11/20: 45 PROMPT solidarity a speaker’s eyes tearing as she addresses a park-filled protest eight minutes, forty-six seconds still changing the world #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeLloydProtests

  • “As a nation bleeds…” a #tanka / #kyoka (6/1/20)

    6/1/20: #41 PROMPT strength and perseverance dragon, koi Art Hug from Meher McArthur As a nation bleeds its institutional sin turning septic a hymn again offers hope: “We shall overcome someday…” #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#JusticeForGeorgeLloyd#BLM

  • #Haikai Poetry Alert: MTB: 5-Line Japanese Poetic Forms

    Originally posted on dVerse: Stock Photo: Takebayashi of Kyoto Welcome to DVerse, Poets! I am Frank Tassone, your host for today’s Meet the Bar, where we delve into poetic craft. This month is National Tanka Month, or #NaTankaMo. In honor of this celebration of tanka, I would like to focus on three of the 5-line…

  • “fresh clouds…” a #tanka (5/1/20)

    5/1/20: unprompted fresh clouds filling up the first blue sky in days those “good people” brandishing AR-15s in Lansing #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus