twilight
above the horizon
strawberry moon
I come bearing counsel. Will you hear it? Aye, I’m a traveler, a stranger to you, and a woman, besides. No matter. You can have confidence in what I will tell you. Will you listen?
aflight across the leagues, I see
happenings near and far
to guide your steps upon your path
that lead you toward your star
Yes, it’s a fine thing, to have vision. If you don’t know where you going, how will you know when you get there? Open your eyes, then, and see what there is to see. Not what you want to see, but what is. Because you’ve been stumbling in the dark of your own making too long, haven’t you?
strawberry moon
cast by engulfing clouds
fresh shadows
Now, now, don’t walk away, just yet. Take no offense. You haven’t heard the last of my counsel, have you?
the heights and depths I fly to view
the actions all may take
through insight into what is true
your future can you make
If only life were about the knowing, right? Alas, if we are to truly live, we must act. Or not. And only when we make such choices with our vision in mind can we forge our path with confidence. Not certainty, confidence. Because you’ve blundered about questing for guarantees, have you not?
There, you’ve heard my counsel. Do with it what you like.
fresh shadows
an owl’s flight caught
in moonlight
for COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 132 #SYNONYMSONLY
and dVerse Poets’ Poetry forms: Quatrain (pubtended by Frank Hubeny). I missed Linda Lee Lyberg’s Tuesday Poetics, her dVerse Poets premier, but I couldn’t resist the images she posted. The pub is open! Come join us!
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Frank J. Tassone 
I like the distinction between certainty and confidence.
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Thanks! 😀
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This was a full on post. I been haiku’d and quatrain’d. I enjoyed the read Frank.
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Thanks, Rob! 😀
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Nice mix of haiku and quatrains in your haibun
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Thank you! 😀
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I like the connection of the quatrains with a prose text like a haiku in a haibun. It is like linking them with a photo or other art work.
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Thanks, Frank! You understand completely! 😀
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This is a wonderful mix of haiku and quatrains!
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Thank you, Linda! I missed your premier, but I couldn’t forget that image. Consider this my after hours contribution! 😀
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Absolutely!😊
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I really like the strawberry moon~
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Thank you 😀
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I love your use of the quatrain here, Frank. It’s like a bridge between your prose and Haiku. Proof that we can mix styles and still have spectacular form in our poetry. I love it!
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I love this thread of counsel in between the haikus. It all comes down to choices. Not certainty, but confidence…that says a lot!
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Thank you! 😀
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Thanks again, Colleen! 😀
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Very creatively written, and so true!
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Thanks! 😀
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I like the quatrain as part of the haibun. They sound like riddles. (K)
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