posting poetic prose
16 Aug 2018 13 Comments
in mirror poem Tags: chest, hands, heart, honey, love, mirror, nest
honey, do you love me?
why don’t you say it louder
with your warm, strong hands
holding me closer until i melt
into your steady, beating chest
where i find the safest nest
within your steady heart best
so hold me closer until i melt
into your strong, warm hands
why not say it louder–
honey, you do love me!
A mirror poem for Frank’s reverse poetry prompt at dVerse Poets
16 Aug 2018 6 Comments
in tan renga Tags: flowers, garden, gate, morning glory, spider, web
a swinging gate
on both sides the flowers
open – close (C) Jane Reichhold
welcome morning glory vine
garden spider’s dewy web (C) lynn__
A “tan renga” is haiku written by one poet and 2-line response by another poet.
15 Aug 2018 1 Comment
in music poem, senryu Tags: flags, freedom, himalayan, prayer, song, Tibet
Like sound of title? Folk music from Tibet!
himalayan sound
prayer flags tune mellow song
longing for freedom
14 Aug 2018 4 Comments
in senryu Tags: cashmere, ears, graceful, hands, heart, music
Folk music of Kashmir, India featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
hypnotizing voice
exotic music sways heart
sung by graceful hands
13 Aug 2018 7 Comments
in quadrille Tags: bologna, box, brunch, buffet, lunch, sandwiches
Quadrilles (44 words) “in a box” served by De at dVerse poets’ pub!
Dad must have eaten
too many sandwiches
packed in cold lunch pail
over fifty working years
Probably seen enough
bologna to last another
fifty, sliced bread spread
in days before microwaves
Retirement home’s
elegant menu choices,
Sunday buffet brunch…
contrast supper’s disappointing
box lunch!
Shel Silverstein
10 Aug 2018 8 Comments
in list poem, question poem Tags: dove, mates, paloma, peace, statue, wall
Weekly challenge at Ramblings of a Writer using words: paloma & imagination
do you hear birds cooing?
paloma blanca
rock dove
tumbler
common pigeon
turtledove
what do you imagine?
ear worm of once-popular song
nest in niche of ancient stone wall
performance of flying back flips
disrespected military statue in park
gentle hearts of monogamous mates
08 Aug 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: folk music, Japanese, lovebirds, sanshin, sing
Okinawa folk music featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
japanese lovebirds
sing knotting verse to sanshin
— outdoor living room
Note: These are sometimes called “knotting” or “tying” songs and accompanied by a stringed “sanshin” (or two).
07 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in music poem, senryu Tags: arctic, chant, herdsmen, northern lights, reindeer
Folk music of Sami people featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai .
arctic circle folk
chant joik under northern lights
herdsmen of reindeer
06 Aug 2018 7 Comments
in haibun Tags: atom bomb, civilians, lanterns, light, military, peace, war
Frank J. Tassone hosts haibuns at dVerse Poets on Hiroshima Day, 2018.
Hiroshima Memorial Ceremony
Reading a thin volume, Hiroshima, in high school, I experienced the mushrooming disturbance to our world. Horror, regret, tragedy and fear seared my mind as images of devastation burned into my imagination. An unthinkable calculation dropped this surreal weapon of ghastly power on unsuspecting civilians.
Visiting Pearl Harbor as an adult, I attempted to understand the whys of warfare. An over-reaching dictator and ultra-ambitious military attacked unsuspecting soldiers, provoking enmity. Havoc, death and destruction ensued, trailing a bloody wake across the “Pacific” (sadly ironic) theater.
Until it finally ended with not one, but two, atomic bombs. Who fully realized the fallout of unleashing such force? Acts of war escalate exponentially, beyond all expectations of reasonable retaliation. Let ugly history be our strict teacher and awful memory be our future deterrence.
land of rising sun
lanterns floating on water
lit with hopes for peace
06 Aug 2018 4 Comments
Chèvre at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai challenges us to write “fusion troiku”: combine two classic haiku into one, then use for first lines of haiku series of three…
scent of cut blossom —
moon, like white chrysanthemum,
pale against dark sky
© lynn__
scent of cut blossoms
wafts delicate from altar
…fresh bridal bouquet
moon, like a white mum,
blooms full at summer solstice;
signs written in spheres
pale against dark sky
—revelations’ seven seals—
groom rides on white horse
05 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in music poem, tanka Tags: dancers, drum, eagles, music, tassled
Folk music from Anatolia, Turkey, featured on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
masculine eagles
follow baglama, drum, reed,
— dissonant music —
colorful, tassled dancers
proudly prance tradition’s steps
04 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in senryu Tags: boat, eyes, horizon, sun, warning
Folk music from Portugal featured on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
eyes search horizon
red sun in morning— warning
will his boat return?
