Tag: dVerse
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A #Na/GloPoWriMo2025 Reprise of “Duel of the Masters: a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #haibun”
The questions of how to begin and what to think are matters for one’s own heart to resolve. Of oneself, for oneself – you must be your own teacher. Sen No Rikyu An ever-twilight, midsummer wood, save for the towering, lakeside Pines and the Cherry blossoms. A meadow in the midst of this floral menagerie,…
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A farewell to Pretty in Pink
Hello, new friend. I did not know you long. Not like my beloved Maple Tree, whose shade protected my deck during the searing summer months. Technically, you’re not even my tree, as you stand on my neighbor’s front yard. But your luscious cherry blossoms brightened these last two Springs. Sure, you bloomed late this year,…
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An Encore: Going Somewhere? A #sonnet #haibun
An encore of a haibun sonnet from 2018… gray sky an aching lull in creativity The woosh of passing wind as I move on, the bam!bam!bam! of hammers fall away. These wheels that crunch on gravel just beyond, a highway exit ramp to the blue way, where life slows down with every town I…
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9PM Moonlight Sonata
Blue Moon the duet singing “On this Harvest Moon…” as one shines over their shoulders As the crowd sways in syncopation with Neil Young’s chords played by this Garrison Duet Blue Moon rising with their harmonies until the last chord fades out
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Divine Tomfoolery
Azurity a bare oak fills with crows fools winding down their day while the sun sets Quetzalcoatl & Coyote’s Actuality plays at an abandoned Drive-In theater So very proud of their handiwork ancient deities basking in their glory on this April Fool’s Day
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The Advent of March
The mad month begins with the aftermath of the Trump ambush of Zelanskyy. Political theater and “good TV” replace principled policy and honorable alliance. warm-weather a white rabbit running late The mad month continues with a Murphy’s Law procession of technical difficulties. A simple file attachment of reasonably-requested documentation becomes a Rubik’s Cube of dysfunction…
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A Duel of Fates
The waves bore witness. The storm clouds arriving at sunset showed unusual interest. The shadow of a departing titan passed on indifferently. What did these samarai say to each other on that beach? Did they share commiserations of the karma that brought them there? Shed a tear of remorse for the necessary death sure to…
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Groundhog Night
Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of Winter. That same night, an inch or two of snow accumulated on my street. Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” won the Album of the Year Grammy, to the surprise of no one. & an all-to-familiar snoring woke me up in the middle of the night. Again. arthritic ache the streets…
Frank J. Tassone 