Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/15/18)

    4/15/18: Miso   Spring cold slurping the last sip of miso soup   #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 / #NaPoWriMo2018  15/30

  • “Perchance, to dream…”: A #Senryu Saturday #haibun

    By Jiyang Chen [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, from Wikimedia Commons   Excerpt from the “You Gotta be Kiddin’ Me!” dream dictionary for Sea gull   You stand at the precipace of transformation, but you cling on to yourself for dear life! Life calls you to deeper waters, but you say, “No, thanks. I’m already happy…

  • Backyard Delight: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    Backyard Delight     The apple tree’s trunk split into two like outstretched open arms. A step onto a stump and an arm around one of the splits ensured an easy climb. Dean and I sat on that great branch many summer days when the foliage concealed us from prying eyes below. We imagined we…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/14/18)

    4/14/18: persimmon dawn birdsongs a burnt tongue after a sip of persimmon tea #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #glopowrimo2018 #napowrimo2018

  • A Haikai Ars Poetica

      The tai chi windchime’s melody plays without ceasing. Spindly, naked branches atop towering locus trees sway. Grasshoppers chirp in a choral counterpoint to the bass drone of the Friday evening rush-hour. Shrivelled, potted daffidils bathe in the late afternoon sun. A hawk soars in a tight circle high above the tallest Locus. The warmest…

  • My Daily #Haiku #2

    Yankees’ losing streak — that New York Giant must not hold out! #haikuchallenge (giant) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/13/18)

    4/13/18: ceramic Spring visit yet another of his ceramic cups #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #glopowrimo2018 #napowrimo2018 13/30

  • My Daily #Haiku #2

    croaking bullfrogs — dreading a chance of snow in the next forecast #haikuchallenge (chance) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018