Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/30/20)

    6/30/20: blue planet spacewalkamong the starsa view of home #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Curb Appeal

    “We could use some mulch.” Mira made the comment during one of our walks in the neighborhood. We had become dissatisfied with the landscaping that flanked the entrance to our driveway. As we passed house after house with fresh mulch, she determined that mulch was our future. Our Saturday mornings soon filled with trips to…

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/29/20)

    6/30/20: natural resource drying upbefore the Pacific …Colorado River #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Arid Hope: a #writephoto #TankaProse

    An endless drought. The resevoir continues to dry out. Wheat and barley fields, once so full of promise, have whilted for want of water. Like everything else. We watch the medicine woman stirring her pot over a fire. She adds dash of some foul-smelling herb, chants a litany in a language none of us understand.…

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/27/20)

    6/27/20: tap thunder coming —a Brita pitcher filledwith tap water #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “summer heat…” a #tanka (6/26/20)

    6/26/20 unprompted summer heat … a breeze caresses my neck this COVID school year comes to an end #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #coronavirus

  • My Daily #Haiku (6/26/20)

    6/26/20: oasis school year’sultimate day …oasis #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Encountering Two Snakes: my latest @ImageCurve #haibun

    The orange trail ascends Halfway Mountain. Yellow and brown elm leaves blanket the flanks of the path. As I say something to Mira, I jump with a start. Inches away, a black rat snake lies still. A sight surpassed only by the timber rattler we encounter off the Pine Meadow trail. rattling the woods suddenly…