Edvard Munch [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons You would not understand were you still on my side of the veil. I only hope that on your side, you do, and will forgive me for bearing witness. Just as I hope to someday forgive you. […]
Moonlit sea power of a changing tide shaping the surf insight born of suffering perseveres the longest I awaken to the song of surf on turf. The remains of my latest wreck surround me. I can remain prone for the sea to drown me. Or I […]
Alan Alvarez, Independent Florida Alligator Their Awakened Voice rising from the dust another generation speaks truth to power from where else will progress come than those that struggle to change? Young high-schoolers saw their friends die. They aged beyond the years in heartbeats measured against […]
Do I scandalize you, mortals? How even when full, I hide my face, as though blushing in shame for some crime? Why should I not bow as my mother passes before me? Do you not reverence your own mothers? And do not trouble me about that hunter, […]
What? You expected gratitude? That you forged me of steel in the hottest flames? More than two-hundred folds to ensure my density? Sharpened my edge so that, in a master’s hand, I could slice through bamboo in a single stroke? Then you ignored the wisdom of the old […]
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
Frank J. Tassone 