Tag: poetry
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Incendiary Transcendence
Avocado How that hard, green vegetable forms the mushy medium of a dip so iconic. mashed up to its consistency in the first month with sleet a dour chill running through this November air Jalapeño Such a fierce and fiery red pepper to “kick it up a notch…” Diced up and poured out like a…
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#Haiku (11/14/23)
11/14/23: engine Polaris igniting the engine of his folly #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“how…” a #tanka (11/13/23)
11/13/23: power how we rely on the power a ray of light at dawn #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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La Notte Scorsa
I dance with the blushing bride at the corner of the backyard. The Sturgeon Moon shines through the gap between old pines and gnarly maples. It’s our last night at our old house. The movers come tomorrow. savoring the luminescence our shadows It’s Quadrille Monday over at dVerse, and pubtender De Jacksons serves up Moon!…
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#Haiku (11/13/23)
11/13/23: camera late-fall foliage a camera-ready sunset on the Sound #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Armistice
Michael looked over the battlefield. A muddy plain littered with corpses. The Somme still glinted red in the morning sun. So many souls to accompany to their personal parousias. A figure in black approached. The archangel sighed. War had chosen to embody the Morrigan again. She stopped two paces ahead of him. Her ravens circled…
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Eleventh Day, Eleventh Month, Twenty-twenty-three
Today, 2023. The Cherry tree outside our sun room has golden leaves, at last. Fitting for it’s position, basking in the morning sun. Across the street, a well-manicured young elm trembles in a passing breeze. Scattered leaves flutter to the sidewalk. Saint Martin of Tours day, 2023. The Roman Patrician, a calvary officer that chose…
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#Haiku (11/11/23)
11/11/23: internet falling leaves haikai all across the internet #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 