Frank J. Tassone

Tag: tanka

  • “‘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

  • “after the heat spell…” a #tanka (4/17/23)

    4/17/23: climate change after the heat spell this sudden temperature drop a normal spring if only consistency was a constant norm #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#NaPoWriMo#napowrimo2023#GloPoWriMo#glopowrimo2023

  • 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

  • Performative Perfection

    Poet after poet takes the stage. Each poem, alive in the unique telling of its writer, their cadances conveying their singular vitality. Our heartfelt applause for each one thunders in the cavernous Prudential Hall. Ah, how long until I can partake of all four days of the Dodge Poetry Festival? firelight a blind bard singing…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Yet Another List

    Oh, yes: humanity definitely needs another list of the best Star Wars films. But what would be the point? Another squabble over the inadequacy of the sequels? More diatribes over how Disney kills the famous Intellectual property? And where would the various animation and live-action TV shows fall on such a list? Could an adequate…

  • The Last Laugh?

    a lion dying on the savannah a hyena’s laugh and a hunter’s scope suddenly turns away for day 5 of