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porcupine people
have soft warm underbelly
if loved beyond quills
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Inspired by “The Best of You” podcast, episode# 203
meditation on an antique
09 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
today (and everyday)
you are the master Potter;
i am wet malleable clay
form and fire me into
your image, as a vessel
both beautiful and useful
like porcelain pitcher
and wash basin, to cheer
and refresh weary travelers
to shine, elegantly off-white
(my basin be slightly crackled)
fill this pitcher with holy water
lovely and ready on wash-
stand, eager to humbly serve
dusty people where needed
aftershocks
06 Apr 2026 12 Comments
in quadrille Tags: angel, bone, Easter, grave, ham, stone, witness
A quadrille (44-word poem) using word, “bone”. Linked to dVerse poets.
leftover easter ham
bone boils for bean
soup; missing stone
ponder holy day past
woman in blind grief
chosen as eye witness to
her resurrected rabboni
he walks garden alone
when angel rolls rock away
so disciples could view
no body in empty grave!
march madness
30 Mar 2026 21 Comments
in haibun Tags: Alice, hat, pocket, poem, tea party, Wonderland
“Why IS a raven like a writing desk?” Perhaps a riddle worth contemplating. I think it has something to do with “black as ink” but would love to hear YOUR answer while we celebrate our unbirthdays. However, if you are looking for your basketball, it’s not here…sorry, no need to be RUDE.
The mad hatter’s question NEVER gets answered at the progressive tea party, not by ALICE nor the march hare. Yes, wonderland is full of unsolved riddles, supposes the POET, who came here quite by accident in alice’s pocket. Incidentally, said “poet” arrived in february, not march, anyway.
Is this blog titled “poet in her pocket” OR “poem in yours”? It can all be QUITE confusing, considering the allusion to and illusion of mr. lewis carroll himself. Of course, ingesting pills is NOT necessary for living in a dormouse’s dream. You only need to use your imagination, dear, but sipping TEPID tea helps.
riddle me in march
red hat, purple poetry
sipping chai tea dreams
Frank Tassone hosts haibuns. Check out dVerse poets and my “about” page to learn more 🙂
music of universe
23 Mar 2026 10 Comments
in quadrille Tags: music, ocean, stars, surf, waves
Today is quadrille Monday at the poets pub where Lillian calls for “silence”.
twilight walks along beach as
wild breakers come crashing in
unpredictable, yet regular rhythm.
out-loud ocean overpowers, while
leaving salty foam, capsized shells,
strands of seaweed in its wake.
distant stars silently appear,
blinking at watery tempest below;
can anyone hear their celestial song?
human nature
18 Mar 2026 4 Comments
in senryu
discontented hearts
ungrateful for good blessings
always wanting more
paint me happy
17 Mar 2026 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: daisies, mood, warm, happy, cheer, cool
amazin’ daisies
greet world with warm cheerfulness
cool blue moods subdued
pyrotechnics
02 Mar 2026 20 Comments
in haibun Tags: comet, fire, gravity, orbit, planets, star
Frank Tassone hosts haibuns at dVerse Poets Pub and pays tribute to Tracy K. Smith’s “Life on Mars” poetry collection.
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You left me here, frozen in time on a barren planet. It’s colder in your absence, yet life keeps spinning with no fixed lunar calendar. Grief’s comet cycles round as it crosses into my orbit in ever lengthening, less frequent ellipses. I ponder memorable views as it burns across thin atmosphere.
Now I play the sun in others’ galaxy; these bright planets circle me with their many moons. I smile warmly at them as they pass, holding them in my gravity. I wonder if they realize I’m a slowly dying star; building up sufficient heat to explode brilliantly when the time comes.
universe on fire
venus and mars cross orbits
fresh new stars are birthed
tracks left in snow
27 Feb 2026 6 Comments
in ekphrastic Tags: dogs, family, home, hope, imagination, snow, winter
if one perceives seasonal reality
if quiet arts calm mind and heart
if home means safe, warm shelter
and human connection a treasure
then dress for frosty winter weather
then admire neighborhood palette
then follow soft street lights home
and unleash wet dogs among family
restore acceptance of nuanced story
restore healthy, hopeful imagination
restore refuge from shadows of chaos
and do not neglect brother or friend.
Lillian hosts open link night with dVerse Poets…
son of manna
23 Feb 2026 13 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: bread, food, gratitude, hunger, injustice
hollow, hungry people find food
scarce but reasons plentiful: drought,
pests, war, unemployment, injustice.
satisfied, well-fed folks find food
plentiful but gratitude scarce:
gluttons of greed, stingy to share.
aren’t we all famished for
the bread of heaven himself
to come fill us… more abundantly?
Gathering at dVerse poets pub where Lisa hosts hungry quadrilles…
temporal
23 Feb 2026 2 Comments
in senryu, Uncategorized Tags: ashes, death, dust, mortality
ashes to ashes
accept own mortality
from dust back to dust
human life is fragile when
disease or disaster strikes
a poem in my pocket 
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