Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • Passing Prime

    Passing Prime

    Sunday radiance as leaves pierce blossoms and petals of the fallen litter the grass how quickly these flowers and years pass from their peak to their last moments of clinging and yet what joy and sorrow arise in every moment passing away

  • #Haiku (4/28/24)

    #Haiku (4/28/24)

    4/28/24: market losing it all bear market #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Walk at Greenwich Point Park

    A Walk at Greenwich Point Park

    The rippling waves of the North Atlantic massage the near-white sand of Greenwich Point Beach. The subtle swoosh of the tide going in and out is a mesmerizing chant this sunny afternoon. We walk on the sand, content to be by ourselves today. sea breeze another bend in the road

  • Morning Meditation: an #AmericanSonnet #haibun

    Morning Meditation: an #AmericanSonnet #haibun

    seated on the zafu, breathing in and out listening to a word arising in mind: “deeper” breathing in and out, going “deeper,” encountering sensations: the upper arm itchiness, the bodywide tingle; choral thinking: the fastrack memory reel of a career, the plethora of remembered conversations, of screaming; breathing in and out, that voice again, saying,…

  • #Haiku (4/27/24)

    #Haiku (4/27/24)

    4/27/24: koi fluttering onto the koi pond osozakura #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “checking on…” a #tanka/#kyoka (4/26/24)

    “checking on…” a #tanka/#kyoka (4/26/24)

    4/26/24: cheese checking on its crumbling texture aged cheddar among the chosen that relish strong cheese #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (4/26/24)

    #Haiku (4/26/24)

    4/26/24: shelter no shelter from the storm blossom haze #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “fishing…” a #tanka (4/25/24)

    “fishing…” a #tanka (4/25/24)

    4/25/24: fishing fishing for the experience of being alive on a sunburnt face the faintest breeze #tanka#micropoetry#poetry