Frank J. Tassone

Tag: tanka

  • Grecian Grace

    We saw it at a tourist trap in Mykonos during our honeymoon. The vivid sunburst hue in the sky and sea caught our eye. The iconic way the painting captured the quintessential, Greek seaside town won us over. We could almost feel the breeze blowing the arms of the windmill. It has hung in our…

  • 1/7/19: prompt-free red sky morning as cold in the office as outside another throat-clearing cough to start off the work day #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haikai Happenings #68 (1/5/19): first raven/crow (cry)(hatsugarasu) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Hope you enjoyed (and recovered from) your celebrations of the New Year! Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dwight L. Roth2. Jules @ Strands3. Janice 4. Helene Vaillant 5. Jane Dougherty6. Merril D. Smith7. Janice (2)8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Revived Writer10. Toni Spencer11. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr12. The Dark Netizen Powered…

  • “first sparrow…” a #tanka (1/4/19)

    1/4/19: prompt-free first sparrow the empty work station where our friend sat the chill on my tear follows me home #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • “cold dawn…” a #tanka (1/2/19)

    1/2/19: prompt-free cold dawn the sound of scraping from the car’s front end just back from one shop to end up in another #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Hypothetical Enigmas

    A single leaf flutters across the neighbor’s yard. I see it through the reflection in the mirror facing me–the one that reveals the view through the bay window of my office. The breeze that set that leaf fluttering ceases. All is calm, but not bright as the dimming light yields to the growing afternoon shadows…

  • “first light…” a #tanka (1/1/19)

    1/1/19: prompt free first light from the breaking dawn of New Years Day raised cups for auld ang syne quietly put away #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • “New Year…” a #Tanka (12/31/18)

    12/31/18: a new perspective New Yearour neighbor’s golden lablies on the lawnthe idea of letting goseen from a new perspective #haiku #micropoetry #poetry