Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • My Domestic Landscape: a #haibun

      Walk down Victory Road. The Ramapo Mountains rise above the cluster of Maples around the Mahwah River. Trees line the front yards of the diverse houses flanking the street. They are an aboreal honor guard for passersby. Their sunburst colors in Autumn will arrest you in your tracks. Close your mouth before the flies…

  • #Throwdown Thursday (4/12/18): Shepherd’s Call…my latest #haibun on .@ImageCurve

    Shepherd’s Call     Each year, The Catholic Church celebrates Christ the Good Shepherd. A common Gospel reading for that Sunday Liturgy is the Gospel of John, in which Jesus Christ calls himself “the good Shepherd.” (John 10: 14) and says that his sheep “hear my voice.” (John 10:27) What do I hear? The tweets,…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/12/18)

    4/12/18: garden(s) morning light in the bare garden beds deer tracks #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo201812/30

  • My Daily #Haiku #2

    meteor strike the unseen impact of your silence   #haikuchallenge (impact) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018

  • #Wayback Wednesday (4/11/18): Tempest…an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    Tempest       Syracuse wind chime in back sings. Outside light flashes on. The wind blows on and on. Soon, I’ll step out into it. Shudder at the thought hot bite of oatmeal— last memory of warmth this morning     for more by FRANK J. TASSONE Photograph by Liming Huang   first published in…

  • A Vision of the Future: a #tanka -bun

        sunset a handful of years left in my career   journeys across American roads, rivers of Europe far from the long-ago rooms filled with late-night screams and tears     twilight holding hands we greet the stars     Photo by Peter Oswald on Unsplash   for Poets United–Midweek Motif–vision Real Toads’ Micro Poetry–Long-Ago Rooms #GloPoWriMo2018…

  • My Daily #Haiku (4/11/18)

    4/11/18: stone trimming the lawn … thrown by the lawnmower a smooth stone #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #GloPoWriMo2018 #NaPoWriMo2018 11/30

  • My New York: A City Love Affair

      I could write about the first time I saw New York City. How the skyline of Manhattan drew the wows only a child utters at their sight. How the Circle line showed me the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Tower, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center–all in their lit glory.   I…