Tag: poetry
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PSA: Respite and Return
A week passes. I know, I know. No word. No warning. No words forthcoming. The truth is I dragged. Work, life, and circumstances pressed in for their due. I needed breath and time. Thus, the respite. now, stirrings of inspiration return. & practice needs continuation. Thus, the return. stirring leaves a neighbor puts out the…
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#Haiku (5/23/24)
5/23/24: charcoal the aroma of burning charcoal soundside walk #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Such Transience
The Cherry Blossoms that so delighted us rained down on the grass below. As more green foliage grew in, more blossoms fell to join the fallen. Only two weeks after peak bloom, not a blossom remains. Almost 28 years ago, A 23-year-old me stepped into his first classroom as a teaching assistant in a suburban…
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“early morning…” a #tanka (5/22/24) #NaTankaMo #MayTanka
5/22/24: bridge early morning “like a bridge over troubled water” playing again and again #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#NaTankaMo#MayTanka
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#Haiku (5/22/24)
5/22/24: fossil moonrise an exposed fossil bathed in light #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“skidding…” a #tanka (5/20/24) #NaTankaMo #MayTanka
5/20/24: gravel skidding my bike on gravel always seeking a shortcut #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#NaTankaMo#MayTanka
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#Haiku (5/20/24)
5/20/24: pebble beginning with a pebble … landslide #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Old Friend
We met at St. Augustine’s School in the last days of fourth grade. You became my best friend during a time when I had none. We carried each other through our middle school years. Sure, we hit our road bumps through high school, hanging with different cliques. But we managed to hang together through college,…
Frank J. Tassone 