Frank J. Tassone

Cheering Down the Darkness: a #Quadrille #haibun


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So little to celebrate. Raging wildfires. Persecuted refugees. Genocidal shootings.  A hate-frothing darkness threatens to swallow all. For what can we cheer?

 

That light shines in the darkness. That Love drives out hate. That we can.

 

Holy Days

another lit candle

piercing the gloom

 

 

 

for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #70: Poems of Good Cheer  (pubtended by De Jackson)

 

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25 responses to “Cheering Down the Darkness: a #Quadrille #haibun”

  1. Frank Hubeny Avatar
    Frank Hubeny

    I like how the candle pierces the gloom.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Frank! 😀

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  2. whimsygizmo Avatar
    whimsygizmo

    YES:
    “That light shines in the darkness. That Love drives out hate. That we can.”

    YES. We can only do what we can do. But we can do much, in Love.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Indeed! Thanks, De Jackson! 😀

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  3. Truedessa Avatar
    Truedessa

    Let that candle of light guide the way…

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Indeed! Thanks! 😀

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  4. kanzensakura Avatar
    kanzensakura

    Yes. The light overcome darkness.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Right? Thanks, Toni! 😀

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  5. Janice Avatar
    Janice

    The succinctness of this…feels like a ‘candle piercing the gloom’.

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  6. V.J. Knutson Avatar
    V.J. Knutson

    We have to keep the flame of hope going!

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      We do so best by bearing the light through the witness of our own lives. Thanks! 😀

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      1. V.J. Knutson Avatar
        V.J. Knutson

        Yes. Well put.

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  7. rob kistner Avatar
    rob kistner

    I hope that’s true Frank. I sm losing faith my friend. Below here is a haiku I wrote in hope on September 12, 2001. Sadly, our country is in even more dire straits today. Horrifying!

    one can penetrate
    the pitch black of ignorance
    with love’s single light

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      No matter how darkness encroaches, light remains. Even a single ray shines out within it. Your beautiful haiku testifies to this, and that testimony stands. Thanks for reading! 😀

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  8. Suzanne Avatar
    Suzanne

    That’s very profound. Hope is essential at present.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Indeed. Thanks, Suzanne! 😀

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  9. rothpoetry Avatar
    rothpoetry

    Yes … light a candle instead of cursing the darkness!

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Exactly! Thanks, Dwight! 😀

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  10. kim881 Avatar
    kim881

    Candlelight is so special.

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  11. peterfrankiswrites Avatar
    peterfrankiswrites

    Thanks Frank. Yes, that’s exactly the challenge of our times.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Indeed. Thanks, Peter! 😀

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  12. merrildsmith Avatar
    merrildsmith

    I think this is why I love Hanukkah though I’m not religious. It’s that light in the darkness. If we lose hope, we have nothing.

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  13. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    I think we need darkness to see the light… I just hope it doesn’t have the get pitch dark before we see the lone candle.

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  14. revivedwriter Avatar
    revivedwriter

    I like your hopeful yet not saccharine message. There are some things that bring hope.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Well said! Thanks, revivedwriter! 🙂

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