The Shift: Tanka Tuesday and Haibun Monday
The season is turning, dear friends. What are the signs in your area?
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August 28, 2024
August 2024. Photo by Selma.
Last Haibun in January: Breathe February
For Frank’s Haibun Monday at dVerse: Breathe https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/29/haibun-monday-1-29-24-breath/ We gathered for the silent retreat aptly called “nothing or everything.” It focusedon three things: to promote stillness to develop a deeper…
January 31, 2024
White-naped Crane and New Years Fern illustration. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition of Pictorial Monograph of Birds (1885) by Numata Kashu (1838-1901).
Pilgrims: Being Human on New Year’s Day
Happy New Year, everyone. Today's post, like recent events that have brought meback to my computer days before I'd intended to return, is written for Kim at dVerse.Thank you, Kim,…
January 2, 2024
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Mezzaluna, Mezzaluna, Mezza Luna: Haibun Monday #dVerse
"Mezza Luna embodies transformation, just like this unique time of year." ~ Poet Frank J. Tassone #dVerse #poem #poetry #blog #writingprompt
March 3, 2023
Temple Bell, dressed in New Years simple decoration. Photo: Author's, January 6th, 2022.
The Promise: We Begin the Year with a Clean Slate
May the first days of the new year help us to form patters for how we wish to grow: in awe, hope, gratitude, and optimism. xo.
January 3, 2022
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My One True Fear: Desensitization of Our Essence #dVerse
Fear and Celebrating, both healthy traditions observed at Samhain. Happy Halloween, my friends.
October 26, 2021
Luna 5-24-21 Picture by Selma. 1242 a.m., from my window.
Flower Moon Whispers To All– 5-24-21 #dVerse #Haibun
...and the bugs and crickets and beetles, and all the creatures of the night, stopped all activity to look at her— astonished. All, except the giant silk moth. she curtsied dusted…
May 25, 2021