Bounce Back: A Riding the Dragon #Quadrille #haibun reprise…#poetry #haiku

game-of-thrones-jon-snow-drogon

 

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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42 responses to “Bounce Back: A Riding the Dragon #Quadrille #haibun reprise…#poetry #haiku”

  1. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar

    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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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      LOL! Happy you liked it, Bjorn!

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  2. whimsygizmo Avatar

    Oh! YES! I loves me some dragons, soooo much. This is perfection.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      🙂 Ride the dragon! 🙂

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  3. annell4 Avatar

    Your words ring true.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thank you, Annell!

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  4. kanzensakura Avatar

    Very true Frank;

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Indeed! Thanks, Toni! 🙂

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  5. whippetwisdom Avatar

    A great write Frank, I love how ‘the only way out is through’ ;o)

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thanks, Xenia! 🙂

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  6. jillys2016 Avatar

    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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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      LOL! Thanks, Jilly! Love yours, too! 🙂

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  7. Charley Avatar

    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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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      🙂 Thanks, Charley!

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      1. Charley Avatar

        You’re welcome!

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  8. Charmed Chaos Avatar

    Love your words Frank, and love the photo too.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thanks, Linda! 😀

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  9. rothpoetry Avatar

    Great piece of wisdom for us all! Keep moving one step at a time!
    Dwoight

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thanks, Dwight! 😀

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  10. Jane Dougherty Avatar

    ‘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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  11. wolfsrosebud Avatar

    Going through can be hard. Big dragon!

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  12. paul scribbles Avatar

    As a child this was a get back on the bike story…Dragon would have been so much cooler.

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  13. Beverly Crawford Avatar
    Beverly Crawford

    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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  14. Sanaa Rizvi (@rizvi_sanaa) Avatar

    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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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thanks, Sanaa! I appreciate that! 😀

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        sanaarizvi

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  15. The Thrifty Campers Avatar

    I think if I came in contact with a dragon I would bounce and run

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      😆 ride he dragon! 😆😆

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  16. Mary (tqhousecat) Avatar

    I love this haiku! Brings to mind so many things.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thanks, Mary! 😀

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  17. Victoria C. Slotto Avatar

    Bouncing back seems to me a metaphor for successful living. Nice play with the prompt, Frank.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thanks, Victoria! 😀

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      1. Victoria C. Slotto Avatar

        How do I let you know I participated in your freedom prompt.

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      2. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

        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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  18. Frank Hubeny Avatar

    Although I’m not sure through what, I like that the only way out is through.

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    1. Victoria C. Slotto Avatar

      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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  19. Victoria C. Slotto Avatar

    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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  20. Truedessa Avatar

    Give me a dragon any day, one needs to bounce back up and look the dragon in the eye.

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  21. kim881 Avatar

    Send me a dragon and I’ll bounce back with you!

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  22. blak asper Avatar

    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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