Today, I'm participating in Ronovan's Haiku Challenge early so I don't forget like I've done in past weeks. The challenge words are LOVE & LIGHT. I wrote two very different haiku using the prompt words. It was fun! LIGHT Sending love and light Healing waves of compassion From my heart to yours SHADOWS Shadows … Continue reading Love and Light
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Delicate Soul
I wrote this haiku on a whim yesterday. Thinking about the current state of the world, I thought about other people, like me, who seem to be crushed under the weight of their own empathy. News stories that talk about war-weary refuges, children suffering from disease, hateful attacks by humans against other humans... it's depressing … Continue reading Delicate Soul
Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge: Car&Coast
I wrote the following haiki sequence in response to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge. The challenge words are Car & Coast: Frigid winds buffet A car parked along the coast No one else in sight Trapped inside, he waits For ocean waves to claim him He will cry no more Please visit Ronovan's blog to find … Continue reading Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge: Car&Coast
Winter Haiku
It's a cold winter day and I'm home ill. Lying on the sofa, looking out through a sliver of opening between the curtains, I can see our neighbor's tree, its naked branches stretching across the gray sky. And so this haiku sequence formed in my mind: Skeletal branches Stretch across the leaden sky Yearning … Continue reading Winter Haiku
Summer Storm
Jane Dougherty's Poetry Challenge #45 brings us the roundlet, which you can read more about on Shadow Poetry. The image below serves as inspiration for this challenge. photo ©Fir0002 Poem #1 Storm clouds roll by A steady rain begins to pound Storm clouds roll by White lightning flashes through the sky Rumbling thunder shakes the … Continue reading Summer Storm
All I Have to Say 