Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • Unrestricted Aces: a #Quadrille #haibun

    Unclassified, one Ace learns English. Another Ace’s fastball dropped me in the dunk tank during least year’s field day. Yet another Ace may claim my lucky “four.” I, their trump ace. All in the least restrictive environment. last bell the crowded cell phone lines for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #77 – Ace of Poems (pubtended by…

  • “Dylan Thomas’…” a #tanka (4/8/19)

    4/8/19: childhood poem Dylan Thomas’ “Do not go gentle into that goodnight” Oh, Rodney Dangerfield, your “Back to School” recitation #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/8/19)

    4/8/19: high-five morning mist … the birdsong equivalent of high-fives #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriNo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 8/30

  • The Emptiness of Envy

    envious stare … on the neighbor’s lawn greener grass sudden scarcity compared to another’s abundance still water … the promise of hope in a new day why all of the sighing and sleeves wet with fresh tears? windchime melody and birdsong harmony … a day’s simple peace still the gnawing sorrow at another’s joy? sunlight…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/7/19)

    4/7/19: godless Nietzschean guilt …the maple tree still blooms by itself #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo20197/30

  • After the Fall: a #writephoto #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019

    If I could guide the hand of kings after the fall. But the light reached it’s Apex at the height of Arthur’s reign. And it fell to its nadir at Camlann. If I could guide hearts of queens after the fall. But my counsel remains unspoken as I continue my crystal slumber. So the Virgin…

  • Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 2, July 26, 2018

    see Mansfield againbefore taking the plunge downthe spiral pipe sliderelaxing in the hot tubFrankie under my arm The Cabot Factory Outlet in Waterbury offered a crowded house more than cheese samples. A pixie-cut-haired young woman from a new “Meadery” offered tastings from the fledgling enterprise’s three meads. Free mead, along with the purchase of our…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/6/19)

    4/6/19: footloose “Footloose” playing on TNT … spring shower #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NapPoWriMo2019 / GloPoWriMo2019 6/30