Frank J. Tassone

Tag: NaPoWriMo2024

  • Bodhisattva me?

    Bodhisattva me?

    I am the man seated on the zafu in the early morning. Breathing, as a whirlwind of thoughts and feelings arises and falls away. Breathing, as a spaciousness unlike any other enfolds me. Until there is no “me.” Only Presence. Only the overwhelming Love that turns electrons around nuclei, and galaxies around the Universe’s center.…

  • “as the clouds…” a #tanka (4/30/24)

    “as the clouds…” a #tanka (4/30/24)

    4/30/24: shadows as the clouds occlude the sun no shadows another breeze & more blossoms fall #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (4/30/24)

    #Haiku (4/30/24)

    4/30/24: wildflowers a walk past wildflowers spring rain #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Incandescent

    Incandescent

    A single match set the bonfire ablaze. I can see your face, incandescent in the light of those flames. I long for your eyes to catch mine. I fear your eyes catching mine. As if they would… as the last blossoms fall waning moon Mish holds down Quadrille #200! at dVerse today, where we light…

  • “cutting…” a #tanka (4/29/24)

    “cutting…” a #tanka (4/29/24)

    4/29/24: kayak cutting through the Sound kayak savoring wind and water

  • #Haiku (4/29/24)

    #Haiku (4/29/24)

    4/29/24: blank bleeding iambic pentameter blank verse #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Passing Prime

    Passing Prime

    Sunday radiance as leaves pierce blossoms and petals of the fallen litter the grass how quickly these flowers and years pass from their peak to their last moments of clinging and yet what joy and sorrow arise in every moment passing away

  • #Haiku (4/28/24)

    #Haiku (4/28/24)

    4/28/24: market losing it all bear market #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry