Frank J. Tassone

Tag: tanka

  • #Haikai Challenge #113 (11/16/19): fallen leaves (ochiba) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Thank you for honoring our veterans, and celebrating the Beaver Moon, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Christine Bialczak2. Reena Saxena3. Peter4. Jade Li/Lisa 5. Jules6. Indira7. Kerfe Roig8. Xenia Tran 9. Janice10. Revived Writer11. Deborah12. Tessa Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Mid-november. Many trees have shed their…

  • Losing Snoodles: a #TankaProse

    11/16/19: loss and longing She was the second dog in our house. The first, a beagle, had been a “dog-sitting” trial ownership. She, a shephadoodle, came to us under no such pretenses: Dad simply showed up with her. I fed her dutifully, walked her consistently, played with her as only a devoted eight-year-old could. But…

  • “her phone call…” a #tanka (11/13/19)

    11/13/19: unprompted her phone call news of her first accident in thirty years another from which she emerges unscathed #tanka #kyoka #micropoetry #poetry

  • A November with Basho, Day 12

    In Yamagata Province, the ancient temple founded by Jikaku Daishi in 860, Ryushaku Temple is stone quiet, perfectly tidy… Monks at the foot of the mountain offered rooms, then we climbed the ridge to the temple, scrambling through ancient gnarled pine and oak, gray smooth stones and moss. The temple doors, built on rock, were…

  • “so many years…” a #tanka

    11/12/19: in concert so many years since seeing the Kinks in concert fresh snow falling on my memories #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • “browning leaves…” a #tanka (11/11/19)

    11/11/19: mirror image dream browning leaves so the mirror image dream of departed spring bow your heads in gratitude to our Veterans today #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #VeteransDay2019

  • #Haikai Challenge #112 (11/10/19): Veterans Day/Beaver Moon #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Endured the wind long enough, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Indira3. Jules4. Tessa5. Dwight L. Roth 6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr7. Reena Saxena8. Jade Li/Lisa9. Deborah10. Xenia Tran 11. Kerfe Roig12. Linda Lee Lyberg13. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! November progresses, and here in the Hudson…

  • A November with Basho, Day 9

    Deeply touched by the famous pine at Takekuma, twin trunks just as long ago… reported to have been cut down and replaced several times, it stood like a relic of a thousand years, impossibly perfect. The poet Kyohaka had given me a poem at my departure: remember to show my master the famous Takekuma pine,…