TONY TACCONE
Tony Taccone is a stage director.
He is also a sometime poet, playwright, and humorist.
WELCOME
Thanks for stopping by. I created this site so people could have access to some of the the other things I've been writing. Of course, that implies that people are interested in what I'm writing, which is an act of sheer optimism if not blind arrogance on my part. But now that you're here, feel free read some samples... If you feel that reading the material online isn't sufficient, you can purchase a hard copy of the poems or plays or stories. Hey, it's cheap! Feel free to contact me if you'd like to offer any feedback or share anything you've written... Yours in creative solidarity....Tony
THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
this, then, is what
we are given.
ten or twenty thousand days
wherein we watch
a billion leaves
born then blush,
fall,
turn to earth, to silt,
to ash so soft
it will not bear a name.
from this black dust
we make our things: clothes,
shelter, jewelry,
fiction-
stories in which
we seek conclusion,
our highest
and most dangerous invention.
for this culling of days,
this harvest of dust
gathers meaning only
by our watching, our being,
our sensation of
what is forever being given-
that our bodies
are really only leaves seeking light,
loved at last
by the wind.