Frank J. Tassone

Tag: senryu

  • A Passionate Reconciliation

    A Passionate Reconciliation

    That day you apologized for ripping me a new one. Saying, “You’re my man,” your arms around me, as I slouched on the couch. The heat of the moment telling me what your heart meant Slowly life seeps into my veins as I shed my hurt an anticipation of a horizontal makeup The heat of…

  • Number-essence

    Number-essence

    one day the temperature dropping from Spring to winter Two times waiting for rain to lighten up Three old guys around a teacher’s room lunch table talking all the shit you can imagine four seasons although who can say five fingers to count off the ways this ends

  • Coleridgian Contrast

    Coleridgian Contrast

    not the “Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner” No wedding guests to mesmerize, nor grand stories to tell… no Albatross around my neck breaking dawn I’m no bane of goodwill birds, doomed to watch friends die… no grandiose dreams of Elysium living Just another wayfarer on the road to anywhere, soon to seek the way back…

  • #Haiku (2/19/25)

    #Haiku (2/19/25)

    2/19/25: Denali Mount McKinley but always in Alaska Denali #haiku #senryu #nahaiwrimo2025 #nahaiwrimo #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (2/17/25)

    #Haiku (2/17/25)

    2/17/25: skiing Vernon Valley my trial by fire skiing lesson #haiku #senryu #nahaiwrimo2025 #nahaiwrimo #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (2/11/25 – 2/12/25)

    #Haiku (2/11/25 – 2/12/25)

    2/11/25: peak Yosemite a panoramic view from a peak #haiku #nahaiwrimo2025 #nahaiwrimo #micropoetry #poetry 2/12/25: pinnacle Superbowl Slaughter the Eagles deny the Chiefs their pinnacle #haiku #senryu #nahaiwrimo2025 #nahaiwrimo #micropoetry #poetry

  • Enter the Donald

    Enter the Donald

    Donald Duck, already quacking his senile quackery.  Donald Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1.” Of course! Because the Duck clearly has the heart to surrender power, like Biden showed. for sale slightly used condition one Brooklyn Bridge Continuing his quackery, the Duck sputters on… “I want to close the border, and I…

  • “even as…” a #tanka/#kyoka (11/8/24)

    “even as…” a #tanka/#kyoka (11/8/24)

    11/8/24: smile even as society fractures smile darkness yields to even a pinpoint of light #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry#TankaThursday