Frank J. Tassone

Tag: tanka

  • 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

  • Not Words

    faithless words betraying whatever they name like cowardice sliding off the brave man and woman across an open field life’s water their closed eyes turned away as words condemn them a reverse poem of Jane Hirschfield’s words Day 3 of

  • Foolish Notions: a #tankaprose (4/1/23)

    4/1/23: April musings A submission due, and yet an unmet requirement remains. A text asking for an ETA is left unanswered. An overcast sky, promising a persistent drizzle, transforms into a cloudless one. Why must these contradictions of common sense fester on this first of April? what elsecan one expect fromApril Fool’s daya clawless cat…

  • “glistening…” a #tanka (3/29/23)

    3/29/23: unprompted glistening off of a neigbhor’s home an afternoon glow the sudden appearance of blue sky #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • “moonlight…” a #tanka (3/28/23)

    3/28/23: glisten moonlight glistens off fresh tears bearing away hope fading footsteps #tanka#micropoetry#poetry