Today is quadrille Monday at dVerse. A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words sans title, using the word choice of the poet giving the prompt. Today Kim is our lovely pubtender and the word of her choice is “fret” or a form of the word. I am writing a haibun – a Japanese prosimetric form consisting of a paragraph of non-fiction and ended with a seasonal haiku.
Haibun: Moon Ladder
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ― Anton Chekhov
The night is warm – it’s the beginning of summer. The full strawberry moon glows slightly pink, reflected on the ocean. I wish I could climb the moon ladder to the stars.
warm summer night –
the ocean frets at the shore
slowly wearing it away
kanzen sakura 
Jun 17, 2019 @ 15:17:02
So calming and peaceful Toni.
Jun 17, 2019 @ 15:18:12
Thank you for the lovely epithet, Toni – I appreciate being referred to as a lovely pubtender – and you may have whatever drink your heart desires.
I love the Chekhov quote would love to join you in climbing the moon ladder to the pink strawberry moon! I especially enjoyed the ocean fretting at the shore.
Jun 17, 2019 @ 15:19:56
Thank you Kim. I would like a lemonade with a sprig of mint please!
Jun 17, 2019 @ 15:23:02
Coming right up!
Jun 17, 2019 @ 15:23:51
Thank you ma’am.. I love a good tart lemonade. Thank you for making it to the pub today as well.
Jun 17, 2019 @ 15:49:27
I so wish I could see the moon… but we have daylight almost all the time. It’s almost 10 PM at the moment and the sun has not yet set. Sunrise is at 3:30…
Jun 17, 2019 @ 15:50:49
Wow. But you are so far north and we are so far south.
Jun 17, 2019 @ 16:13:19
Lovely. Really lovely.
Jun 17, 2019 @ 16:21:55
really nice post
Jun 17, 2019 @ 16:43:42
shrouded stillness of yearning, simply beautiful
Jun 17, 2019 @ 16:46:33
Thank you!
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Jun 17, 2019 @ 17:08:43
You are welcome, Toni.
Jun 17, 2019 @ 16:50:44
Ohhhhh I love this. The imagery is beautiful. The strawberry moon ! Absolutely wonderful 😊
Jun 17, 2019 @ 16:55:14
Beautiful, Toni!
Jun 17, 2019 @ 17:29:38
Lovely Toni; as sweet as cherry blossoms, as peaceful as a stream running through a Japanese garden. Here in the Pac NW, it gets dark at 9:15 pm, daylight at 5:15am.
Jun 17, 2019 @ 18:14:41
such a very nice soothing poem
Jun 17, 2019 @ 18:41:31
I really like your incorporated haiku of the ocean eroding away the shore!
Jun 17, 2019 @ 20:01:29
Beautiful words.
Jun 17, 2019 @ 20:45:32
I love “moon ladder”; how beautiful!
Jun 17, 2019 @ 22:00:41
Thank you
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Jun 17, 2019 @ 23:08:37
Oh, to climb that ladder and pick the strawberry moon! Gorgeous haibun, Toni.
Jun 18, 2019 @ 03:39:17
I really like this Toni! Well written. Lately I’ve ben followed by a moon shadow, moon shadow, moon shadow.
Jun 18, 2019 @ 04:55:51
I do like this, especially the ambiguity of the fretting of the moon.
Jun 18, 2019 @ 08:37:28
I’ve seen and dreamed of that ladder too, and imagined the trip across it.
Jun 18, 2019 @ 08:53:58
“moon ladder” is a lovely, original concept. Thank you.
Jun 18, 2019 @ 10:27:13
That quote is one of my favourites. And I adore your beautiful description of the strawberry moon.
Jun 18, 2019 @ 11:40:39
Beautiful! The strawberry moon was one I’d not heard of until I listened to our forecast last week. And oh my…what a wonderful sense of the ocean fretting at its shoreline gradually wearing away.
Jun 18, 2019 @ 11:52:57
This is beyond beautiful, Toni 🙂
Jun 18, 2019 @ 13:21:24
This is extremely beautiful, Toni.
Jun 18, 2019 @ 14:51:48
A moon ladder is a magical thing.(K)
Jun 18, 2019 @ 15:08:36
Beautiful piece…I like the use of fret to describe the erosion of the shore line!
Jun 18, 2019 @ 17:41:41
Sheer serenity, Toni! Thank you! 🙂
Jun 18, 2019 @ 19:19:51
This is beautiful. I wish I could climb the moon ladder to the stars..sounds wonderful
Jun 18, 2019 @ 19:27:45
It does, doesn’t it?
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Jun 18, 2019 @ 20:55:51
That moon ladder’s a good idea. I’m thinking of al the calories I could burn. 🙂
Jun 18, 2019 @ 21:11:22
😁
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Jun 18, 2019 @ 22:06:50
Luv the fantasy of the “moon ladder”
Much❤🕊❤love
Jun 18, 2019 @ 22:46:54
Bluetiful! I want a moon ladder, too~
Jun 19, 2019 @ 23:11:11
the ocean fretting at the shoreline is a lovely image.
Jun 25, 2019 @ 18:00:28
Wonderful, you follow Chekov’s advice (one of my favs) very well, you show instead of just telling. I love the idea of a moon ladder, climbing up and up into the smaller infinitudes…
Jun 25, 2019 @ 18:34:30
Thank you. I do try hard.
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