Frank J. Tassone

Tag: tanka

  • An Eagle Ascending

    My mother and father conceived me while they spiralled together toward the earth. I fought my way out of the hard shell of my egg during my hatching, after an incubation in which they took turns warming me. I fed on scraps of fish snatched from the Hudson–or an osprey’s nest. My plumage grew. Soon,…

  • Ambivalence at the Dual Meet: a solo #Renga

    chilling wind a blue sky consumed by storm clouds an utter betrayal of the Equinox last sunlight eclipsed by a torrent of storm clouds we huddle together to share our last fading warmth a tease of rain remnants of a winter refusing to die A frigid deluge gathers to drown our last hopes of warmth…

  • Enlightenment: a #writephoto #haibun

    Get up. Step out from the shadows. Did I pierce the veil to address an undergrowth bathed in shade? Come, and bear witness to the light! You thought you were abandoned, left “alone and naked in the wilderness.” You shuddered to think as the darkness crept in. You stole glimpses of declining daylight from the…

  • #Haikai Challenge #79 (3/30/19): twittering (saezuri) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    It’s great to see how many of you enjoyed the swallow, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Dwight L. Roth3. Tessa4. Jane Dougherty5. Reena Saxena 6. The Dark Netizen7. Xenia Tran8. Janice9. Jules @ fiction10. Xenia Tran (2) 11. Helene Vaillant12. ennle madresan13. Revived Writer14. Jim Feeney…

  • “loud pounding on…” a #tanka (3/29/19)

    3/29/19: prompt-free loud pounding on iron walls in that staircase next to that classroom the sense of futility as the instigators walk #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

  • A Hudson River Sojourn: a #TankaTuesday #TankaProse

    Plush-plush, say the double-headed paddle, as each head pulls the brackish water of the Hudson river. Our kayaks flow with the tidal current of New York’s mother river; our strokes adjust our course more than propel us. We break for lunch on the shore of Pollepel Island, beneath Bannerman Castle. Then we return to the…

  • #Haikai Challenge #78 (3/23/19): swallow (tsubame) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I trust you savored your experience of equinox, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Tessa2. Dwight L. Roth3. Reena Saxena4. Jules @ Strands5. Jane Dougherty 6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr7. Revived Writer8. Linda Lee Lyberg9. Pat R10. Janice 11. Jim Feeney12. Xenia Tran13. Merril D. Smith14. Frank J. Tassone Powered by……

  • “ticking clock…” a #tanka (3/22/19)

    3/22/19: prompt-free ticking clock and over the radio another call how long a Friday afternoon drags on #tanka #micropoetry #poetry