The garden of the Garden State teems with new flora. Mira and I stride the grounds on an unseasonably warm, sunny good Friday. Forsythias and daffodils almost shine as they bask in the afternoon radiance. The white Cherry blossoms have just peaked, while their pink cousins already fade. […]
4/9/22: refuge; 4/15/22: nightmare is there“a balm in Gilead?”a refugefrom the nightmareof this breaking world? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #NPM2022
4/9/22: sunrise; 4/15/22: geyser sunrise—the sight of Old Faithfulfrom a hotel room #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #NPM2022
4/8/22: open the difficultyof keeping an open mindcherry blossomsafter the cold war encounterthis tension in the chest remains #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #npm22
4/8/22: fireflies new moonjoining the starlightfireflies #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo2022 #glopowrimo2022 #npm22
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Frank J. Tassone 