Frank J. Tassone

Tag: tanka

  • “although the dog…” a #tanka (4/15/20)

    4/15/20: prompt-free although the dog barks behind the wooden fence a walkway to the front door of the house remains inviting to all #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020

  • “waterlogged flora…” a #tanka (4/14/20)

    4/14/20: self-healing waterlogged flora drying out in the scattered sunlight between clouds sit and seek the center all our self-healing becomes one #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020

  • “torrential rain…” a #tanka (4/13/20)

    4/13/20: unprompted torrential rain fluttering in the wind evergreen branches a sudden droopy-eyed contemplation of coffee #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020

  • Haikai Challenge #134 (4/12/20): Easter Lily #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Have you enjoyed your birdsong serenades, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Dave Madden2. joem18b3. Li/Lisa4. Rhen Laird 5. Jane Dougherty6. Peter7. Janice8. Eugenia 9. Kerfe Roig10. Jules Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Happy Easter! Another year, another #haikai challenge on Easter Sunday. As I said last year:…

  • What’s Underneath?

    Resevoirs of underground water rise up through awakening roots. Buds unfold to growing leaves on once-dormant trees. Forsythias bloomed and daffodils sprouted. Cherry and Dogwood trees blossomed. Dill pierced the top soil between innumeral blades of growing grass. All from what has arisen from underneath. We, living in social isolation, may witness from our windows,…

  • “returning clouds…” a #tanka (4/10/20)

    4/10/20: Meher’s art hug: cup returning clouds at three in the afternoon on Good Friday the last drop of blood emptied from a carpenter’s cup #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #GoodFriday2020

  • “a spring wind…” a #tanka (4/6/20)

    4/9/2020: wisteria a spring wind after the sudden rain dogwood petals what would trembling wisteria look like? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020

  • Hope in a Time of Corona: a Day 7 #NaPoWriMo2020 / GloPoWriMo2020 #TankaProse

    Have we reached the bottom? Or will we fall below whatever ground we believe we’ve reached? Bahrain uses bracelet to geo-fence the CoVid-19 infected. The Governor of New York orders schools to remain closed until the end of April. The President of the United States pedals hydrocholoroquine as a Corona Virus treatment–absent any clinical trials…