Frank J. Tassone

Tag: tanka

  • Autumnal Signs: a #HaikaiChallenge #tanka

        late summer evening the sudden chill from an Autumnal cold Only moments ago Summer vacation begain     for my latest #Haikai Challenge #47 (8/18/18): autumn near (aki chikashi)

  • Acedia Mood: A #TankaTuesday #TankaProse

    hidden sun silence from the cicadas this Autumnal day A thirst for more than water beside a vessel more than full Still, the weight. An unseen sorrow, an ennui. Too many days in this den? Too much stifling heat or suffocating humidity? Or is it the ambitious expectations too high to meet: a new journal…

  • “gray sky…” a #tanka

    8/20/18: mystery gray sky grasshopper songs as a jet descends why we hurt each other a heartbreaking mystery #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haikai Challenge #47 (8/18/18): autumn near (aki chikashi) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

        You endured the fire and bore witness, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors:   Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Dwight L. Roth 2. Pat R 3. Reena Saxena 4. Jules @ Strands 5. deepa 6. Revived Writer 7. Janice 8. Deborah Gomez 9. Jules @ Strands #2 10. Frank J. Tassone 11. Linda Lee…

  • An unreceived Present

    still pond agape in every moment … when will we quiet the chorus in our heads? How can it be? How can Love be present, and waiting only for the asking? How can the Presence be such a gratuitous gift? Impossible! And yet, I have tasted the gift, and seen without seeing. I can still…

  • #Haikai Challenge #46 (8/11/18): Fire #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Flames from the Holy Fire scorch a hillside in Lake Elsinore, California, on August 9.ROBYN BECK / AFP / GETTY     My, did you have a lot to say about vacations last week, haijin!   Congratulations to all contributors:   Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Denise DeVries 2. Deborah Gomez 3. Jules @ Strands 4.…

  • Softest Whisper: A #TankaTuesday (on a Wednesday) #tankaprose

      The Spirit moves. Sometimes in the fiercest cyclones. Far more often in the softest whispers.   The story of Elijah experiencing the Presence of the Lord in the “small, still voice” comes to mind. The Spirit manifests in the gentle nudge that prompts us to the action–or inaction–best suited for the situation we face.…

  • Strongest Wind: A #TankaTuesday #tankaprose

    Photo by Ravi Pinisetti on Unsplash   “Strongest wind remains unseen” –from The Joy Luck Club     We see, and we believe. Yes, it has served us well, this “seeing is believing,” when we address pratical matters. What happens, however, when we confront the sublime?   There, we must abandon the seen for the unseen.   Who…