Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/18/20)

    7/18/20: hunger another scorcher —a still unsatisfiedhunger for justice #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #BlackLivesMatter

  • “Who Am I?” -a #haibun

    I am Chuang Chou dreaming he is a butterfly. I am the butterfly dreaming he is Chuang Chou. I am the dream of Chuang Chou and butterfly being each other. I am the complement between them. I am the Way you can’t go, the Name you can’t say. I am the unnamed origin of Heaven…

  • “tossed sheet…” a #tanka (7/17/20)

    7/17/20: PROMPT: sleeplessness tossed sheets the rambling thoughts and sensations up and down constantly on those insomnial nights #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/17/20)

    7/17/20: darkness before dawnstarsblinking out #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “Meet the Teachers”: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    We sit in G’s new room. H. grades papers. Ilana checks her messages. D has his iPad open. Judy arrives with a handful of parents. She presents; one asks a question. Then another. Soon after, they leave for another “workshop.” H. resumes grading. I work on an IEP. D and Anthony, who arrived with the…

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/16/20)

    7/16/20: excitement arms in the airas he receives his Life badge —afternoon birdsongs #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Hail Mary: A #Tanka-Prose

    A “yes” in answer to a divine calling. A sword piercing her heart ever after. A heart in which she pondered all she experienced. A heart that breaks as she holds the corpse of her crucified son. A heart immaculate after a rolled-away stone. A heart enthroned after an ultimate divine summons. “Blessed are you…

  • “muck and soaked leaves…” a #tanka (7/15/20)

    7/15/20: unprompted muck and soaked leaves the thump as they drop from the gutter a gurgle as water pours out the bottom leader at last #tanka #micropoetry #poetry