Remembering when God’s rough forms joined the world stage Two breathed one air. Clear the head. Set the tone. Celebrate! Toot horns! Eat! Drink! Pray! Frank Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: Let’s say “Shana Tovah!” to our Jewish brothers and sisters this week. Write the haikai poem (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka,…
Category: poetry
OctPoWriMo2019 Day 2 — A hidden world
At night I glide with silent wings O’er fairie rings My vision clear Heart pure, no fear Perched in oak, in a moonlit glen Frogs tango when Rabbits thump time And toads drink wine Parties a privileged few see Only in dreams A hidden world Where magic swirls Morgan Dragonwillow is the host of…
OctPoWriMo Day 1 and dVerse — Devil’s Food
image link Devil’s Food Shriveled kernel planted deep virgin soul watered with milk of human cruelty warmed under a dark sun born rabid appetites borne goats laugh bones crack interdimensional black hole sucking vortex never sated Morgan hosts OctPoWriMo and I am hosting dVerse today. Morgan says: Free write about your, “Dark Night of…
dVerse — haibun — Surprise!
As each morning brings the ritual of opening all of the blinds, windows, and sliders, so does the dusk bring their closing. At times, the ritual is disrupted when heavy storms blow rain in; depending on the wind’s direction doors and windows are closed accordingly, to keep out pooling water. One such afternoon, when the…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #106
This is that, and that is this. Yes is no, and straight is twist. That is this, and this is that, Up is down, and thin is fat. Black is white, and all soon grey Here is close, yet far away Today is now, yet yesterday Tick tock eyes watch tennis ball Rise fall…
dVerse — metaphor — A Tale of Two Chickens
A Tale of Two Chickens A small hut set high at the foot of Tien Sheltered Lu, his wife, Li, and their infant, Shenyen They fished, they grew rice, ate eggs from their hens. Days of labor met nights with sweet song winter wren Chickens’ ways varied if in or out of their pen. When…
dVerse — Kafka for Kids — Rilly Boo
“I do not see the world at all; I invent it.” –from The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1923 Rilly Boo was a child who was born without eyes. But his fingers twice as long. In his crib, when they saw him, the nurses cried. Such a shame to be so wrong. What they didn’t know…
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