Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/15/20)

    7/15/20: clouds gathered cloudsthe silence after aZoom interview #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • This Filial Contemplation: a #haibun

    My son squats atop the rocky outcrop in Kakiat park. He gazes toward the distant New York City skyline. Even after ten years, he maintains a comfortable “frog” posture that his second-grade teacher warned us about. He says nothing. I hold my tongue in deference. I remember those moments when I, too, savored silence. As…

  • “four-year conflict…” a #tanka / #kyoka (7/14/20)

    7/14/20: #PROMPT — calm amidst stress four-year conflict over an inherited insurance policy another breath in and out as I’m placed on hold again #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/14/20)

    7/14/20: anger Bastille Day —US COVID-19cases skyrocket #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus

  • Meditation in Blue: a #Quadrille #Gembun #sequence

    Blues riff on a cocktail napkin a single tear They want my blue eyes. If they only knew … clear sky rustling leaves summer wind The talk of a coming “Blue Tsunami…” As if. all the calm of the ocean politics Traveling these blue ways … for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #107 – Blue Monday (pubtended by…

  • “droning lawnmowers…” a #tanka (7/13/20)

    7/13/20: # PROMPT – one day one breath at a time droning lawnmowers and the rattle from laundry in the dryer I bear with their sadness one day–one breath–at a time #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/13/20)

    7/13/20: love smoldering day …first thing in the morningshe hugs her son #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Vernal Moments: A Gerry-Muse #Tanka-Prose

    Summer Vacation began with the sudden end of the Google Meet Faculty Conference. The bird songs in the backyard carried on. Leaves fluttered in a passing summer breeze, while sun from a clear sky bathed the lawn in gold. The first week passed. Writing continued. Witnessing continued. Then we broke our routine with a short…