Tag: tanka
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“thumping…” a #tanka/#kyoka (7/8/26)
7/8/26: grass thumping of the contractor’s hammer “The grass grows greener on the other side…” #tanka #kyoku #micropoetry #poetry
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“after the heat…” a #tanka (7/6/26)
7/6/2026: unprompted after the heat a steady drizzle all day the fickleness of human nature #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“a wish…” a #tanka (7/1/26)
7/1/26: wish a wish upon a star unfulfilled simple hopes dried out in searing daylight #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“searing heat”: a #tanka (6/30/26)
6/30/26: shade searing heat the umbrella’s welcome shade already July arrives #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Birds aren’t Real!”
All together Blackbirds singing compline destitute of the hope everwhere squandered flying at first light geese arrowing toward home inured to the javelins hurled their way killed by shots, or arrows loosed by thoses masses intent on them no rest for other avians, like the perigine, or prey like quail, hiding from the raucous dispoilers…
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“The encroaching dark…” a #Tanka (10/27/25)
10/27/25: remain the encroaching dark as my tightening breath shortens, & shortens after such a life only ruins remain #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“nightfall…” a #tanka (4/28/25)
4/28/25: streak nightfall crossing the sky a streak passing meteor or an eyeglass stain #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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Mortal Victory
Revolutionaries know courage is its own reward a martyr smiles, open armed, his stygmata facing his murderers bearing the light in the encroaching darkness as distant torch-bearers look on The Madrilene has failed in all except nerve But his boldness is his victory Inspired by Franscisco Goya’s “The Third of May 1808 (1814)”
Frank J. Tassone 