Alien

their hollowness fears strength of my free will power they fear redundance - my completeness – alien to sellers of protection https://frankjtassone.com/2019/06/29/haikai-challenge-92-6-29-19-independence-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/

Potluck

Her cooking was no match for the culinary talent on the potluck table. Embarrassed, she tried to pull out the white bowl and hide it somewhere. An interested pair of eyes met her gaze, as the strong, masculine hands took the bowl from her hand, “Hey, what do you have there?” A decade later, they … Continue reading Potluck

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

Life changes

Cinema has gone digital, but I have changed. I feel suffocated in dark movie theaters. Screens at home serve the purpose well, with added benefits of multitasking. beauty of antiquity bewitching charms of the past forays into dark they once held me spellbound with cosy companions (276 characters) https://katmyrman.com/2019/05/28/twittering-tales-138-28-may-2019/

Blues

I wear all the blues raging oceans fail to calm fires lit by fags whatever’s burning inside becomes a grey gist of me https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/05/28/photo-challenge-265/

Care

a plea in doe eyes don’t stop fawning over me I just lost Mother I need warmth of home and hearth your kind dog mothers me https://frankjtassone.com/2019/05/26/haikai-challenge-87-5-26-19-fawn-kanoko-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/

Human blackholes

“You managed to escape clutches, whenever a trap has been laid out for you,” said an ex-boss once. I thank him for his forthrightness.  In a flash, I recognised the nature of the evil that doggedly followed me all my life - a desire of certain people around me in personal and professional circles, to … Continue reading Human blackholes