Tag: poetry
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Contemplating a Cold Future: my latest @ImageCurve #haibun
The desk lamps reflect on the mirror-still pool. It’s a clear night. Orion’s belt, the big and little dippers, and the other constellations I can’t name shine in the clear sky. The crickets and katydids carry on. Mom sleeps it off inside. I stare at the pool, wondering what my post-college future holds. ripple a…
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My Daily #Haiku (12/28/18)
12/28/18: penchant December rain a penchant for coffee in bed #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (12/27/18)
12/27/18: contagious windy Broadway he says his runny nose is not contagious #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Jungian Mourning
“…And the rest is silence.” cold moon
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“Cirrus clouds…” a #tanka (12/26/18)
12/26/18: prompt-free Cirrus clouds eclipse the sun this Boxing Day Their Woodbury Commons shopping without me #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (12/26:18)
12/26/18: day after Christmas track practice after all-night indigestion Boxing Day #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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This Year’s Christmas Tree
Deep Evergreen. Full. Red and gold balls and bells; tops with gilded bands; Russian-esque spires all around. Four sets of lights; the white nina doll ornaments Mira loves. The giant bow. Our Christmas tree, welcoming as ever. Shadows deep within the brightly-lit boughs — the only hint of sorrow in the joy cold nightwe place…
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O Holy Night: A #tankaprose (Redux)
those shepherds’ reality Cold, starry night pierced by novel light among the singing stars they find a manger-laden babe A veil of all-to-human darkness fallen upon the world. Client-kings cater to the lock-step of Legionnaires bearing the word of Caesar. How could such a new star shine for the newborn of a woman whose own husband denies paternity?…
Frank J. Tassone 