Tag: poetry
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Smuggs ‘14 Chronicle, Part I: Day 1, July 25, 2014
The rust-colored bridge—Thaddeus something—looms ahead.. The sign next to it: Mohawk River—Erie Canal. After two-and-a-half hours driving north, we enter the heart of the capital region, just south of the Adirondacks. I’m so excited that I tell Frankie. His reaction? So what? through the Gateway shimmering sunlight on rippling water Lunch at the Glens Falls…
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“sensor light blinking…” a #tanka (3/28/19)
3/28/19: prompt-free sensor light blinking on and off as deer graze beside the house and already I fear for our unplanted garden #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (3/28/19)
3/28/19: moor passing rain a walk along a moor in Bronte country #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Salvation in Solitude
The drone of morning traffic. The blaring of horns from stopped cars on the Interstate. The adolescent voices that echo off the walls, and their sporadic screams and laughter. The noise from the outside crests like flood waters fed by torrential downpours. It is during such onslaughts that I savor an interior silence. Give me…
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PSA: follower milestone (3/27/19 !
Five-hundred (500) followers! What a milestone! And a whole year’s growth achieved in just under 6 months. I’m grateful to you all! Thank you! Spring day savoring our joy in haikai
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My Daily #Haiku (3/27/19)
3/27/19: ode morning darkness … the commuters’ ode to a new day #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A Hudson River Sojourn: a #TankaTuesday #TankaProse
Plush-plush, say the double-headed paddle, as each head pulls the brackish water of the Hudson river. Our kayaks flow with the tidal current of New York’s mother river; our strokes adjust our course more than propel us. We break for lunch on the shore of Pollepel Island, beneath Bannerman Castle. Then we return to the…
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My Daily #Haiku #2 (3/26/19)
3/26/19: song lock down drill replaying Aerosmith’s “Same old Song and Dance” #HaikuChallenge (song) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 