Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • “although the cold…” a #tanka (3/7/19)

    3/7/19: off-prompt although the cold seeps through the window the arid heat from this old building exhausts and dries me out #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/7/19)

    3/7/19: Helm/Conn crow caw — “Saavik, take the Conn!” after all these years #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Misplaced Kindness?

    28 September, 1918. A crossroads in the French village of Marcoing. Private Henry Tandey, of the 5th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment’s 5th Battalion, encounters a wounded, fatigued German soldier. The enemy does not even raise his rifle, although Private Tandey has the man in his sights. Tandey is no coward. Earlier the same day, he…

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/6/19)

    3/6/19: tiller sudden storma trembling handon the tiller #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “Ash Wednesday…” a #tanka (3/6/19)

    3/6/19: spring breakfast Ash Wednesday an English muffin breakfast with peanut butter and yet another snowstorm arrives by the weekend #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Metanoia

    Mardi Gras arrives again. The revelers gather to embrace the excess that precedes the abstinance. There is a time to feast and a time to fast. But there are no parades for us: no thrown beads, no expositions, no chanting crowds of tourists. Our celebration is a simple fried chicken filete dinner with broccoli rabe…

  • “morning barking…” a #tanka (3/5/19)

    3/5/19: aging morning bark the stiff back after removing snow another remarkable gift of aging #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (3/5/19)

    3/5/19: tempest still wind chimes the tempest-strewn snow clear of the branches #haiku #micropoetry #poetry