Tag: senryu
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The Long Ride Home
He insisted on taking the late bus out of Binghamton. He did not anticipate clogged streets in Newark, New Jersey. Or getting in so late that he missed his planned train from Grand Central to New Rochelle Station. Looks like he audited a course from the “University of Belmont Avenue.” I’m not laughing. I’m not!…
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#Senryu (12/9/23)
zazen a cushion breaks my ass #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
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“pulsating heat…” a #tanka (11/2/23)
11/2/23: cover pulsating heat all of our covers thrown off the late night struggle to open a window #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry
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“‘another…’…” a #tanka (4/19/23)
4/19/23: another “another…” the heartbreak after a shooting how long until the next “another?” #tanka#kyoka#micropoetry#poetry#napowrimo2023#glopowrimo2023
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Another Arnold
Were you ever who you claimed to be? betrayed stares your empty smile moving past just another burnt bridge left behind Day 15 of
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A Jaded View
With all due respect, Doctor Williams, is it as simple as you say? Honestly, in my humble opinion, it’s more like: depending on a beat-up oldsmobile it’s flawed gas-gauge reading full, while empty Of course, you do you… white chickens pecking the last of the feed neglected beside them a red wheelbarrow A satire of…
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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…
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“October 3rd…” a #tanka/#kyoka (10/3/22)
10/3/22: hangs October 3rdupon someone’s front doora skeleton hangsyet already store shelves fillwith Christmas decorations #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry
Frank J. Tassone 