Tag: dVerse
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On Robert’s 41st Birthday Celebration: a #TBT (on a Friday) #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
Tina must have laughed about it at least ten times. “I can’t believe you gave your mother a Christmas list in July!” All my brother does is smile, as he takes another bite. wind-blown candles he whispers his birthday wish in my ear Photo by Jasmine Coro first published in Image…
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Once Upon a Halloween Horror: a #TankaTuesday #TankaProse
“Once upon a midnight dreary…” but that’s been said before. What of the heart of darkness that envelops long before the first hour of All Saint’s Day? What of the thinning of the veil between life and death? What of the terrifying encounter that follows? Once upon a horror, as crimson-lit Jack-O’Lanterns cast…
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Passing
My father died of Pancreatic cancer on December 14, 2011. I first published this haibun in Image Curve, on December 18, 2014. What better haibun on transition could I include for dVerse Haibun Monday– transition? I’m also linking this to Real Toads’ Tuesday Platform (imagined by Willow Switches Pat) The mid-afternoon sun rests along the…
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That Full Moon after Harvest
hunter’s moon a catlike silhouette slips into darkness automatic floodlight bathes the patio pavers Following the path lit by this luminous hue hunter’s moon How I wish I would embrace the wild savoring a moment on the deck Autumn night a mere handful of seen stars oh, but…
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An Encore (10/23/18) of Triune Journeys: a #writephoto #haibun
Do you dare the journey?
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A Pre-Appointment Meditation
early for an appointment Starbucks stop what an irony if I end up late overcast Caramel Macchiato for the chill conversations with friends I used to have so often afternoon aches all the energy I used to have miles to go Before I sleep for dVerse…
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First Contact: A #TBT (10/18/18) #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
Lynn’s “a” looks like mine. I hesitate for a second, pray, then open the envelop. Inside lies a folded card with artwork from the Met. Her handwritten message—written right-side to left—begins by thanking me for my “kindness.” Next, she comments on my “enlightened parents” and the importance of “good nurturing.” Then she asks about my…
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Arachne’s Song: a #TankaTuesday #TankaProse (10/16/18)
Call me Arachne. What? Do you not like what you see? Am I so unsightly, that you stand repulsed? It is as it should be, then, for those that contend with the Gods. Whether they win or not. I knew my weaving supreme on earth and in heaven. When Athene herself could not…
