Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (5/2/18)

    flaking grout when the best we do isn’t enough #haikuchallenge (best) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/2/18)

    5/2/18: restore restore our faith in renewal dogwood blossom #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Vive La Geekdom!

      The Friday night audience at the Lafayette filled the one-screen, National Historic Landmark theater nearly to capacity! We cheered when the curtain opened. We applauded when our favorite Avengers arrived on-screen. We laughed at every gagline, gasped at every surprise, and cried in shock and disbelief as some of our favorites… (sniff! sniff!)…  …

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/1/18)

    5/1/18: hand budding crabapple a hand on a cup of hot coffee #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Take a walk

      Mira and I walk at Kakiat Park. The rain-swollen Mahwah River cascades under the bridge. It foams the rocky bank where a lone fisherman fishes. We turn onto the blue trail toward the tributary feeding the river. Or is it the river? The cold ground doesn’t mud our shoes like last time. We’re not…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (4/30/18)

    writer’s workshop the redundant essays of bored Juniors #haikuchallenge (redundant) #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/30/18)

    4/30/18: lush after dawn lush avian wildlife in the backyard #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018 30/30

  • Recrossing the Water: a conversation with Sylvia Plath

    “It is better to light a candle then curse the darkness.” —Chinese proverb     I understand, Sylvia. If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll recognize the blackness within. How it envelops us like a night sky at Mohican Center, far from firelight, where the crunch of gravel under our steps is our only evidence of…