Frank J. Tassone

#ThrowdownThursday 11/16/17…my latest is up: Morning Prayer – #Haibun | .@ImageCurve #poetry #haiku

Morning Prayer

BY FRANK J. TASSONE ยท 16TH NOVEMBER 2017

Haibun

Robins, sparrows, and cardinal songs through an open window. Bacon sizzling from the kitchen. The flickering tongue of an indifferent Senhora da Fatima Candle in a drape-rustling breeze.

Seated on the zafu, legs folded on the zabuton. A tenuous hold of intention through a frail vessel of awareness. Breathing.

Presence. Calm reassurance resonating from the gut. Still there.

Always, โ€œI am.โ€

 

moistening eyesโ€ฆ

sound of birdsongs and wind

another breath

 

first published in Image Curve, November 16, 2017

 

Photo byย Ray Hennessyย onย Unsplash

 

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23 responses to “#ThrowdownThursday 11/16/17…my latest is up: Morning Prayer – #Haibun | .@ImageCurve #poetry #haiku”

  1. whippetwisdom Avatar
    whippetwisdom

    A wonderful haibun Frank, ‘A tenuous hold of intention through a frail vessel of awareness’ is something so many people experience pre-meditation

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Xenia!

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  2. Bjรถrn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar
    Bjรถrn Rudberg (brudberg)

    I love this… the atmosphere of nature and cooking creates such a sense of being in the moment.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Bjorn!

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    sanaarizvi

    Love this especially; “The flickering tongue of an indifferent Senhora da Fatima Candle in a drape-rustling breeze.”โค๏ธ

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Sanaa!

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    thotpurge

    frail vessel of awareness.. like that!!!

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks!

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  5. Frank Hubeny Avatar
    Frank Hubeny

    I liked this sentence: “A tenuous hold of intention through a frail vessel of awareness.”

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Frank!

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  6. kim881 Avatar
    kim881

    A beautiful meditation haibun, Frank, to a birdsong underscore – with bacon!. Great phrase: ‘A tenuous hold of intention through a frail vessel of awareness’.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Kim!

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    hypercryptical

    The beauty of being, I am – and the comfort of another breath.
    Anna :o]

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  8. merrildsmith Avatar
    merrildsmith

    I like the awareness of bird songs and bacon, and this–
    “A tenuous hold of intention through a frail vessel of awareness. Breathing.”

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Merril!

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  9. Gospel Isosceles Avatar
    Gospel Isosceles

    This is breathtakingly- or breathgivingly- beautiful.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks! ๐Ÿ˜€

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    revivedwriter

    Wonderful. Prayers can come in many different forms.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Indeed! Thanks!

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  11. mhmp77 Avatar
    mhmp77

    kaykuala

    sound of birdsongs and wind
    another breath

    Sounds of bird-songs would certainly be cause for encouragement and joy! Very true Frank

    Hank

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      Thanks, Hank!

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  12. Sue Anderson Avatar
    Sue Anderson

    Boy, you really took us there. I loved the juxtaposition of sizzling bacon and birdsong.

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      ๐Ÿ˜€ Thanks, Sue!

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