Flower Moon

Photo by James Wheeler on Pexels.com I flip through the pages again - the scene where the girl and boy are being sent to different places in Siberia. They almost know it - they’ll never return or meet each other again. Yet, the girl says ..”Watch the moon in the sky, and think of me. … Continue reading Flower Moon

Rain

I think of Charlie Chaplin, as I walk through rain. He said he likes walking in the rain, as no one can see his tears. I know I’ll be busy and back to a normal routine after getting back home. Yet, these moments of solitude and raindrops bring so much to the surface - emotions … Continue reading Rain

Jisei

Photo by Toa Heftiba u015einca on Pexels.com they walk amongst usrest assured your voice is heard-are you tuned enough? https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/01/20/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-january-20th-2021-special-death-poems/

Mysterious skies

silent, twinkling stars hold stories, spilt over fromcold moons - yet unread https://frankjtassone.com/2020/12/29/haikai-challenge-171-12-29-20-cold-moon-fuyu-no-tsuki-new-years-eve-toshi-no-yo-new-years-day-ganjitsu-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/

Same Sun, New Colors

It is the same Sun that greets me every morning. I don my eye-glasses, and strain the eyes to see if there are any additional rays in the aura around it. A year has passed, and it should reflect in the Sun’s achievements - like a new medal. I think of all the shades of … Continue reading Same Sun, New Colors

Autumn

If winter is death, surely, red-slashed autumn is the wound that brought it. Autumnal years have a sense of foreboding, but experience and wisdom add shades of color. Some may nurse wounds of unfulfilled ambition. Yet, the peace of white snow-filled peaks is unbeatable. It holds the enlightenment of truth, after peeling off layers of … Continue reading Autumn

Shedding

You believe you shine with borrowed light. The Sun knows it clothes you, but also conceals beauty of the original. Poets are busy giving you different names to facilitate expression of the complex. You do find courage to shed clothes, but your identity remains enmeshed in nomenclature. You are just the Moon … let adjectives … Continue reading Shedding