The Dragon bucks.
He spills me onto the earth. I can lie there, staring at the sky with the breath knocked out of me.
Or I can bounce back up.
And get back in the saddle.
winter sun
the only way out
is through
for dVerse–Quadrille #48. DeJackson hosts, and the word of the day is “bounce.”
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Frank J. Tassone 
The haiku really made me think… made me think about getting through winter… bring me a dragon and we’ll get through
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LOL! Happy you liked it, Bjorn!
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Oh! YES! I loves me some dragons, soooo much. This is perfection.
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🙂 Ride the dragon! 🙂
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Your words ring true.
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Thank you, Annell!
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Very true Frank;
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Indeed! Thanks, Toni! 🙂
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A great write Frank, I love how ‘the only way out is through’ ;o)
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Thanks, Xenia! 🙂
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Marvelous picture and just a terrific extended metaphor! (Of course, somewhere in my mind I am hearing something about being crunchy and good with ketchup…hmmm.) Love your writing, Frank!
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LOL! Thanks, Jilly! Love yours, too! 🙂
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When is a dragon not (necessarily) a dragon? When he or she is in a poem. Great write that I suspect bears more than it bares.
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🙂 Thanks, Charley!
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You’re welcome!
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Love your words Frank, and love the photo too.
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Thanks, Linda! 😀
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Great piece of wisdom for us all! Keep moving one step at a time!
Dwoight
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Thanks, Dwight! 😀
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‘the only way out is through’ I like that. Do you know the children’s story ‘We’re going on a bear hunt” ? Reminds me of that.
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Going through can be hard. Big dragon!
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As a child this was a get back on the bike story…Dragon would have been so much cooler.
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Reminded me of an old Girl Scout lyric … “Can’t get over it, can’t get around it, have to go through it” stomp, stomp, stomp! Hadn’t thought of that for years.
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Love that haiku, Frank ❤️ Indeed the only way out is through and it’s true on so many levels.. sigh..❤️ Most brilliant write ☺️
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Thanks, Sanaa! I appreciate that! 😀
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❤
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I think if I came in contact with a dragon I would bounce and run
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😆 ride he dragon! 😆😆
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I love this haiku! Brings to mind so many things.
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Thanks, Mary! 😀
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Bouncing back seems to me a metaphor for successful living. Nice play with the prompt, Frank.
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Thanks, Victoria! 😀
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How do I let you know I participated in your freedom prompt.
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You post your link on Mister Linky. You can also post the link to my challenge on your blog. Then I’ll receive the pingback notification. Were you able to follow my blog, by the way?
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Although I’m not sure through what, I like that the only way out is through.
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Not sure if I found the follow button. I just did it today. I didn’t see Mr. Linky. I will go back and look.
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I am following, but since I didn’t receive the prompt–I found it through Toni (Kanzen) I guess I didn’t jump in on the original page. Next time!
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No need to wait! Here is a link to this week’s challenge:
https://frankjtassone.com/2018/01/13/haikai-challenge-16-1-13-18-freedom-haiku-senryu-tanka-haibun-renga-haiga/?wref=tp
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Give me a dragon any day, one needs to bounce back up and look the dragon in the eye.
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Yes! 😆
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Send me a dragon and I’ll bounce back with you!
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I love that you were unrestrained enough to make that one line really long; that’s always so effective to me. Also, I love the last three lines. So true. (It’s supposed to snow tonight, which is crazy unheard of here in Alabama.)
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