White moves King’s pawn to E4. Black answers with Queen’s knight to F6. I process combinations. My opponent runs sub-routines. A flurry of moves. Pawns fall, Bishops pin, Queens clash. Until the puzzle is complete. pale sun afternoon — victory for dVerse Poets Quadrille […]
The water cycle. The life cycle. The cycles of my mistakes. The wheel turns and turns, a child’s merry-go-round spinning too fast. The rock cycle. The universal cycle. What goes around, comes around. Solstice another turn of the seasons why can’t time […]
y Graham Richter [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons My footsteps across the cobblestones of Bruges’ Markt. The Belfry’s invitation. A deep breath overlooking a city out of Sleeping Beauty. Wish I could share it with someone. Spring noon Cathedral bells rigning right on time […]
She gathers dandelions for a new herbal tea. While I muddle words, photographs, and impressions to craft an epiphany among the ephemora. The last robins and chicadees could care less. Their evening song carries on. a clouded sunset among the dogwood bloom a woodpecker […]
Gather, foolish minds! Never mind the fool saying, “Mind over matter. I don’t mind, so you don’t matter.” Gather, you poets! Enscribe in fresh language that madness we call wisdom. So gathered, we foolish minds shame the wise! fired feast our dionesian wine […]
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
Frank J. Tassone 