Tag: poetry
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Of Super Moons and Moves
A steady stream of Spanish chatter woffs up from outside of the first floor apartment. The family residing there hosts a birthday party for one of their children. It’s a hot September afternoon, and only the hint of a breeze rustles the still-green leaves of the neighborhood trees. It’s our fifth day in our new…
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My #Haiku (9/5/23)
9/5/23: fluttering oak leaves— clenched in his dead hand a gold coin #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (6/21/23)
6/21/23: rain cloudy with a chance of rain Summer Solstice #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“wondering…” a #tanka (6/20/23)
6/20/23: been wondering where you’ve been poetry the dry spell left by the muse #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (6/20/23)
6/20/23: sundial a shadow across the sundial before solstice #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Junteenth: a Journey
An impeccably-dressed General Lee presented his sword to a slovenly-uniformed General Grant on April 9th of 1865. The army of Virginia, the great hope of the Confederacy, surrendered. The United States Civil War officially ended on May 13th of the same year. What could that mean for Black slaves in and around Galveston, Texas? Their…
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“for freedom…” a #tanka (6/19/23)
6-19-23: for for freedom a birdsong breeze this Juneteenth all the memories we’d rather forget #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (6/19/23)
6/19/23: terrarium late spring breeze a shattered terrarium this Junteenth #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 