Frank J. Tassone

Tag: tanka

  • 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…

  • “only a flicker…” a #tanka (4/7/20)

    4/7/20: inner light within outer darkness only a flicker of inner light illuminates this outer darkess remember that before bowing to that dark #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020 #Coronavirus

  • “taking the one seat…” a #tanka (4/6/20)

    4/6/20: inner stillness taking the one seat 10,000 rising, falling cascades of thought inner stillness emerges from letting movement go #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2020 #GloPoWriMo2020

  • #Haikai Challenge #133 (4/5/20): twittering (saezuri) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I hope you’re all healthy and safe, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Xenia Tran3. Jane Dougherty4. Pat R5. joem18b 6. Li/Lisa7. Reena Saxena8. Eugenia9. Dave Madden10. Kerfe Roig 11. Jules12. Janice13. Revived Writer Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! The Daffidils rose. The forsythias bloomed. The crabapple tree…

  • O Parmigiano Di Pollo: a Day 5 #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #TankProse -aic #Ode

    To you, dish that is life. To you, a meal thal luxuriates the tongue and leaves one starving. Of course, you doesn’t leave one starving. How could you, a meal that so fills the stomach, do that? Oh potent dish, with your pureed, red tomato sauce; your sizzling fried breadcrumb finish; your tangy, sumptuous poultry…