Tag: poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (7/25/21)
7/25/21: bucking still buckinga newly broken horse…trampled grass #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“diving robin…” a #tanka (7/23/21)
7/23/21: prompt-free diving robinlands in a maple’s shadewhile cicadas cracklethis morning’s solitudecontinues #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (7/23/21)
7/23/21: apple bare brancheson the apple tree—cicada sounds #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Story-whispering: a #haibun
There is a story. It eludes my grasp. When I work to shape it’s contours, it soars beyond me. birdsongs the rival for territory continues There is a story. It teases and hints at being told. When I reach for its structure, it crouches back into shadows. traffic drone another cicada sounds off There is…
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“after the drone…” a #tanka (7/22/21)
7/22/21: unprompted after the droneof the weed wackercicadashow these summer daysslip away #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (7/22/21)
7/22/21: barn too late…an empty barn’sclosed doors #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A Night of Mid-90’s Nostalgia: a #quadrille #haibun
An unsentimental, staccato trumpet sounds out from a coffee bar jukebox. The click of que-ball against stripe joins the ominous rhythm accompanying the melody line. A milk steamer hisses: a gurgled, high-pitch screech drops in tone. A murmering audience gathers for an Open Mic. Welcome to Caffeine Jones… “Bitches Brew” a sip of cappuccino before…
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My Daily #Haiku (7/15/21)
7/15/21: tack rippling sunlighttacking into the winda sunfish #haiku #micropoetry #poetry Author’s note: a sunfish is a brand of small sailboat.
Frank J. Tassone 