Tag: poetry
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The Sorrow before Surrender: a #TankaProse
8/16/19: making peace from war The thunderous echoes of weapons of war. The sirens, the shattered apartments and hospitals. The survivors, buried with the dead, under rubble. The legions of dead and injured among the combatants. The even greater casualties among the civilians. Is it exhaustion that unclenches the fists of those in war? The…
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Smuggs Chronicle ’14, Day 15: August 8, 2014 (my latest .@ImageCurve #haibun)
The trail is a mix of gravel and dirt. Pine seedlings, high grass and ferns flank it on both sides. Morse mountain starts more evenly than Madonna. Until we come to the first rise. Then the trail just keeps on ascending. mist on Madonna breathing hard around another bend Mira recognizes the summit. Top of…
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My Daily Haiku #2 (8/15/19)
8/15/19: parasol all this sunand no parasolmid-August #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (8/15/19)
morning confession a step into sunlight and cicada songs
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“the black clouds…” a #tanka (8/13/19)
8/13/19: prompt-free (bright and black): the black clouds of another thunderstorm yesterday’s bright sky a sighing memory so like this summer passing away #tanka #micropoetry #poetry for Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 140 #SynonymsOnly
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My Daily #Haiku (8/13/19)
8/13/19/: grasses summer grasses …this waning vacation #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“more cicada songs…” a #tanka (8/12/19)
8/12/19: cure more cicada songs “I will always love you” by The Cure earworms me as another August day heats up to eighty-seven #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (8/12/19)
8/12/19: snuff box waxing gibbous outside the window a snuff box #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 