Frank J. Tassone

Tag: poetry

  • #Haiku (4/2/24)

    #Haiku (4/2/24)

    4/2/24: candy Spring rain a toddler’s candy on the sidewalk #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Gates of Fire Reminiscence

    A Gates of Fire Reminiscence

    Consider the contours of the shield the one left behind and for that sin Spartan trainees forced to phalanx an old oak Later, those Hoplites would oppose the Persian charge at Thermopylae bearing, or born away on their shields 300 their sacrifice for Greece Ms. Jade, over at dVerse, hosts Quadrille Monday, where we write…

  • #Haiku (4/1/24)

    #Haiku (4/1/24)

    4/1/24: fool’s gold satori until it isn’t fool’s gold #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Equinoxal Satisfaction

    Equinoxal Satisfaction

    How I again savor the return of greater daylight after today. coming all too soon Equinox for my own #Haikai Challenge II #11

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    3/31/24: time magnolia bloom & contemplating an empty tomb how overwhelming the spring sky #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (3/31/24)

    #Haiku (3/31/24)

    3/31/24: road dogwood bloom a walk down the road from Holy Name #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (3/26/24)

    #Haiku (3/26/24)

    3/26/24: sunset scarcely noticing it sunset #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Hatsu Hana Nostalgia

    Hatsu Hana Nostalgia

    I remember the first Cherry blossoms at Branch Brook Park, between Newark and Bellville, NJ. The lines of trees along the walking paths and roads, teeming with cascades of white and pink. Grove upon grove of lush blossoms, an effervescence to intoxicate poets. Will that be my lost Rebecca? Or do I dare hope in…