Past and future

An ideal world is everything that we don’t have - of course with a sprinkling of the bits we like from our present reality. The bits are more in the nature of a garnish or seasoning, to keep us connected to the past. We land in a new place, and think that the dream lies … Continue reading Past and future

Worth it

light, fragrant breeze my senses luxuriate in it you  - somewhere near remember me, love we shared deserving a memorial https://frankjtassone.com/2019/06/08/haikai-challenge-6-8-19-fragrant-breeze-kunpuu-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/ Image credit: By Bjarki Sigursveinsson – Own work, Public Domain, Wikipedia

Dragons

I’m a lone warrior but there’s no enemy on the battlefield   critical voices put-me-downs Hmmm..s and frowns I heard from childhood are the dragons I fight every day, every  hour   life on the defensive while attackers fled ages ago leaving scars on my psyche https://dversepoets.com/2019/06/03/quadrille-81-here-there-be-poem-dragons/

Nocturnal Dialogues

setting sun bids goodbye shooting out orange flames -spiritual colors   sky blushes purple before the moon highlights all that was quiet so far   star-spangled ache for a beloved – who passes through but never stays   sun shines somewhere else swallows flames to say – look here I warm more than hearts https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/reenas-exploration-challenge-89/