Tag: poetry
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A Desolate Heart
“Welcome to the desert of the real.” –Morpheaus, from the movie, The Matrix An ever-drying aridity. Step after step across a desert stretching to the horizon. Only the memory of water. Such an exhaustion that the expression “dead on my feet” is a declaration of enthusiasm. Here, in the heart of the desert, words come…
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A Tardy Apology
Hello, there! I know, I know. It’s been a while. I could explain how pervasive my current writer’s block has been. I could recount the general malaise through which I’ve lived. I could recount the Star Wars gravity well down which I’ve fallen. All of this is true. Nevertheless, the story remains incomplete. I honestly…
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My Daily #Haiku (11/7/22)
11/7/22: insanity Ownership Change…an “I’m Going Slightly Mad”earworm begins #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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“a glance…” a #tanka (11/1/22)
11/1/22: glance a glance of the last glint of sunlight echoes of prayers on All Saints Day #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (11/1/22)
11/1/22: saintliness All Saint’s Day all the prayers offered to the Communion #haiku#micropoetry#poetry#AllSaintsDay
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“Halloween…” a #tanka (10/30/22)
10/30/22: prompt-free Halloween almost upon us still, no costume as afternoon light bathes fallen leaves #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (10/30/22)
10/30/22: change fallen foliage the coming change in daylight #haiku#micropoetry#poetry
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“passed the peak…” a #tanka (10/29/22)
10/29/22: unprompted passed the peak of fall foliage Autumn cleanup soon we celebrate our dread of death #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
Frank J. Tassone 