Frank J. Tassone

Tag: renga

  • A Cherita

    A Cherita

    I drown in a sea of ennui somewhere a “Noonday devil” laughs somehow within turmoil a stirring calm emerging through ennui “A Love Supreme” We write Cherita over at dVerse Poets’ MTB: Cherishing the Cherita, pubtended by Laura. The Pub is still open! Come join us!

  • To My Unlived Birth Identity

    To My Unlived Birth Identity

    “Hello Darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk to you again…” Paul Simon Dear Jamie, for how else shall I address you? You, who’ve lived enshadowed in me A name, sealed away by state authority and memory Only a legal error informs me of you How has it been this life lived through dream…

  • Punchline Kyoka

    I parked my life in the middle of the Web, then told everyone, “Get the hell out of my privacy!” Why do we say “No way!” when there is and “Way” when there’s none? Let them rush If they like, then watch them burn walk your own way: That’s what I’d do for Day 13…

  • Long Day Journeys

    A leaf afloat on the river drowning A trombone cry of cold whispering among ripples Jamie Treveal On an Acer keyboard In Suffern typing out a leaf afloat not drowning beyond the current beside an inlet an oak gnarled roots penetrating softened, dampened earth wifies and shorties pull out handfuls of hair over one man…

  • Tai Chi Mind

    I. yielding before the onslaught of high tide bearing yin this bow II. grasping fresh soil after the thaw holding yang this lunge III. being atop the peak in the wind beyond bearing and holding this oneness for dVerse Poets MTB: Three Way Split The Pub is open! Come join us!

  • We chalk affecionados… a #Quadrille

    Even at the worst… scratching of fingernails grating my spine the inspiration again and again Can there ever be enough… Effervescence just one wet wipe away that talcum feel on the fingers In the final analysis, it boils down… too many memories not to

  • #Haikai Challenge #195-197 (Trifecta) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you refreshed yourselves, haijin! Congratulations to the last challenge’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Li/Lisa in W MI USA 3. Jules4. Goutam Dutta 5. Revived Writer6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! I stumbled through a busy June. Here we are, three weeks since the last #Haikai…

  • #Haikai Challenge #194 (6/7/21): clear [spring-] water (shimizu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you enjoyed celebrating rainbows, haijin. Thank you to those of you that commemorated Memorial Day. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Ron Rowland3. Li/Lisa in W MI USA 4. Jules5. Kerfe Roig6. Peter 7. Revived Writer8. Susan Joy Clark Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward! A searing heatwave…