Frank J. Tassone

Tag: NaPoWriMo2019

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/25/19)

    4/25/19: xerox vacation midpoint … the jammed xerox machines in the work room #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 #GloPoWriMo2019 25/30

  • Complete Spring Day

    Rippling blossoms in a young tree in bloom. Fresh dandelions growing on greening lawns. Radiant white pillars of a neighbors house bathed in afternoon sunlight. The hum of leaf-blowers and woodchoppers. Warm enough to walk outside. Cool enough to stay in. Such are the signs of Spring during April Days north of the equator. Like…

  • “A lullaby…” a #tanka (4/24/19)

    4/24/19: mother memory a lullaby of Ireland’s creation Mom would sing to me a soft rustle of oak leaves from a whisper of wind #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 #GloPoWriMo2019

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/24/19)

    4/24/19: yeast dogwood blossoms … Easter bread rising after yeast #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 24/30

  • A Ghost Wolf’s Last Hunt

    I watch my mate from a distance. She wimpers next to my corpse. Hot blood still flows from the gunshot wound that stopped my heart. I watch my mate sniff once, twice, then wimper again. I throw back my head and unleash a howl that she cannot hear. She must rejoin the pack. Our family…

  • “Webber Park house…” a #tanka (4/23/19)

    4/23/19: returning to an old neighborhood Webber Park house the stump of the apple tree still in the backyard I remember the adage, “you can’t go home again.” #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 #GloPoWriMo2019

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/23/19)

    4/23/19: yearly scampering squirrels — our yearly dental visit this afternoon #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 23/30

  • “cloud-covered egg moon…” a #tanka (4/22/19)

    4/22/19: egg moon cloud-covered egg moonand yet such greeneryfollowing the rainhow could I hope to exchangeone sight for the other? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 #GloPoWriMo2019