Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • Another Tired Awakening: my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun

    I had just put together the disembodied alien when the radio sounded. American Authors sings “this is gonna be the best day of my life…” I slap the off switch. Lying in bed, in shock. Every cell throbs with the strain of being awake. I hope to nod off, but I rise five minutes later.…

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/27/20)

    3/27/20: shortest day early sunsetlighting bonfires onthe Winter Solstice #haiku#micropoetry#poetry

  • Technical Difficulties: a #writephoto #haibun

    I had a lead on today’s assignment grading, until Frank brought me his replacement phone. “It’s not activating,” he said. The cascade soon followed. Verizon’s website offered no workable options. Customer service proved an overlong wait–interrupted when my doctor’s office finally returned my call. A virtual trouble-shooter ran every protocol without providing a solution. I…

  • “crow caw…” a #tanka (3/26/20)

    3/26/20: three muses crow caw gliding above the trees a red-tailed hawk What would the three muses make Of Billy Collins’ windows? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/26/20)

    3/26/20: pot-bellied stove returning geese —chopped firewood besidea pot-bellied stove #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/25/20)

    3/25/20: long underwear dropping temperatureburied in a night tablelong underwear #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • "spring soil…" a #tanka (3/24/20)

    3/24/20: triple time spring soil triple-time correcting isn’t fast enough the new exhaustion of remote learning #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Mecurial Magic: a #Quadrille #haibun

    “It’s a kind of magic…” Queen Would I were Gandalf, facing the Balrog, crying, “You shall not pass!” Or Merlin, confronting Morgan Le Fey, before Arthur’s doom. Or any mystic, empowered against #Corona. But I am only a poet. My words must be magic enough. raindrops another deep breath another for dVerse Poets’ #Quadrille 100:…