Frank J. Tassone

Tag: tanka

  • Mystery: a Gerry Muse #TankaProse

    11/30/2019: Gerry Muse #183 (mystery) Why do you draw closer? Did the fate of your forebearers mean nothing? I offer you only hardship and ruin. Snow covered trails, rockslides, scrambles and switch-backs: Only the insane attempt such ascents. Yes, I know you want to gaze out at the summit. Savor the Vista so few see.…

  • “Thanksgiving eve…” a #tanka (11/27/19)

    11/27/19: keyboard Thanksgiving eve a bare tree filled with crows above the Thruway How a few strokes on the keyboard encapsulate a moment #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haikai Challenge #114 (11/23/19): Thanksgiving #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    I trust you enjoyed frolicking with your foliage, haijin? I certainly had my fun with fallen leaves! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Peter2. Deborah3. Jade Li/Lisa4. Dwight L. Roth 5. Reena Saxena6. Indira7. Tessa8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Jules10. Xenia Tran11. Revived Writer12. Janice Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Onward!…

  • November Mourning: a #tankaprose

    11/13/19: November Song It’s a seasonal sensation, an ever-repeating que. All Saint’s Day follows Halloween, and that kaleidescope of Autumn foliage falls. Election day follows, and the winds pick up. Veterans day comes, and the leaves pile up. By the Weekend before Thanksgiving, bare maples, Birches and oaks stand over their piles and piles of…

  • #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…